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Historic New England’s A Time to Remember is an ongoing initiative to collect materials that record the extraordinary occurrences of 2020 and beyond. Our members, friends, and staff have contributed photographs, journal entries, and objects that convey the life-altering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, some of which we are sharing here. We encourage readers to submit items that tell their stories at HistoricNewEngland.org/historic-new-england-launches-projectto-document-home-life-during-covid-19/.
Historic New England staff member Elliot Isen photographed this fence at the Boston Common where demonstrators displayed their Black Lives Matter placards after a protest in late May.
Another Historic New England staff member, Kenneth C. Turino, took this picture while shopping at Richland Convenience Store in Nahant, Massachusetts, after it reopened with COVID-19 protocols in place.
“At the end of February 2020,
China, I was mildly aware of a virus that had hit Wuhan, being isolated hard. ... Through March and April, my reality of There were enough and having limited mobility was sufficient for me. only over the last few projects for me to do around the house. ... It was is having on my well-being. weeks that I have started to feel the effect the virus hands o#en shake. ... There is no I find myself feeling chest pains from anxiety. My tually things will get be$er and cure for the virus. ... I still hold on to hope that even be able to hug my Mom again. that we will get back to a sense of normal. ... I will again. ... In the meantime, I I will be able to laugh at my Dad’s jokes to his face to hold on to hope.” will try to focus on the good. ... And I will continue
Excerpts from a journal entry submitted by Tracy Natale, formerly of Douglas, Massachusetts, now of New Jersey.
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