America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

Due to the threat of private luxury jet expansion at Hanscom Field, on May 1st The National Trust for Historic Preservation designated Minute Man National Historical Park & Walden Pond as one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

1) Sign National Trust’s Petition to US DOT Secretary Buttigieg and MA Governor Healey

(Donations to the National Trust are not required to sign the petition)

2) Sign our SPJE Petition to Governor Healey

It’s ok to sign both petitions. Signing both will increase their respective impact!

CBS Sunday Morning with renowned historian Douglas Brinkley

8/25/24

Hanscom private jet expansion threatens Walden Pond, Minute Man Park, and nearby national landmarks:

Video Walden Pond: An endangered treasure

Story Saving Walden Pond: How a treasured landmark is under threat

“The dignity of our sanctified landscape must not be maligned… If We The People allow this odious jet port enlargement to forge forward, we will be sending a solemn message to future generations that our treasured historic places of today will be tomorrow’s runways for the privileged few.”

- Douglas Brinkley, historian & author

Want to do more? 

Write a personal note to Governor Healey and
US DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging them to protect our historic sites and the climate by stopping the private jet hangar expansion at Hanscom Field

- Contact MA Governor Healey using this online email form.  (at the bottom)

- Contact US DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg by emailing his director(s) of public engagement, Kala Wright: engage@dot.gov

May 1st, 2024 Announcement Ceremony

Left to Right: State Representative Simon Cataldo; Deputy General Counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation Betsy Merritt; Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund, actor, author, and activist Ashley Judd

Full remarks by Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History at Rice University and Best-Selling Author

“We must take responsibility for protecting both our historic sites and our planet by firmly opposing this completely senseless development."

- Ashley Judd, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, Actor, Author and Activist

News Coverage

Full Recording and Remarks from the May 1st Announcement Ceremony

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Anna Winter Executive Director of Save Our Heritage.
Read her remarks here

Christine Morin Chief Operating Officer at The Trustees. Read her remarks here

Jan Turnquist Executive Director of Orchard House Read her remarks here

Strong Medicine Bear of the Nashobah Praying Indians
Read his remarks here

Ashley Judd Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund, actor, author, and activist. Read her remarks here

Betsy Merritt Deputy General Counsel for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Read her remarks here

Douglas Brinkley CNN Presidential Historian; Professor of History at Rice University; and best-selling author.

Paul O'Shaughnessy President of the Friends of Minute Man National Park
Read his remarks here

Rob Munro Assistant Head for Academics and Equity at Concord Academy
Read his remarks here

Kathi Anderson Executive Director of Walden Woods Project
Read her remarks here

Simon Cataldo State Representative for Massachusetts’
14th Middlesex District. Read his remarks here

Watch the full announcement ceremony here