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2014 - Issue 5 - Late Fall

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY LISA FREY (POPS ON NANTUCKET); ROGER FARRINGTON (PRESERVNG EMERSON) David Herrlinger and Kelly Monahan Lucy Cummings and Anika Walker The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra John Fisher and Janet Phillips Margot Hartmann MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE at tended t he a nnua l Pops on Na nt ucket concer t , including Rober t K ra f t a nd cohost s Laur ie a nd Bob Mona ha n. T he event feat ured conductor Keit h Lock ha r t a nd t he Boston Pops E spla nade Orchest ra, a s well a s specia l musica l g uest A r r iva l f rom Sweden, a n A BBA t r ibute ba nd. I n keeping w it h t he evening's pat r iot ic t heme, t wo Meda l of Honor recipient s, Lt. T homa s Hudner a nd Lt. T homa s Kelle, were honored on st age. POPS ON NANTUCKET Brooke Redmond and Barbara Erickson Peter and Catherine Creighton Jade Gedeon and Will Kiester The Old Manse at dusk. YOU MIGHT HAVE GLIMPSED the ghost of Ralph Waldo Emerson when his former home, the Old Manse, a historic Concord estate built in 1770, hosted the Trustees of Reservations on July 10. Drawing more than 140 friends and members of the organization, the event, cochaired by Nancy Nelson and Christopher Lydon, featured a dinner with readings from Sukey Forbes and Alec Forbes Emerson (descendants of the great American poet and Transcendentalist) and a silent auction that garnered nearly $100,000 to support the Trustees. PRESERVING EMERSON AT THE OLD MANSE Spencer Glendon, Katie Dagle, and Stephanie Beneson Laurie and Bob Monahan Katie and David O'Malley 78 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM INVITED

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