In Plymouth, the American bald eagle, a golden symbol of freedom, returned on Friday to its perch high atop the 1820 Court House.
WATD’s Bobbi Clark was there.
Town Manager Melissa Arrigi remembers the day the eagle was thrown down. It was on March 3rd 2018, during a blizzard named Riley that clocked wind gusts of up to 80 miles an hour:
“We had a crazy storm, and a wind storm and all of a sudden we were looking for the eagle—and we were a little bit frantic trying to find where she had flown to. And ultimately she ended up on the glass roof, her wing punctured.”
Arrighi says the return of the eagle is the result of a joint effort:
“We appreciate all the work that has been done by Michael Burrey, and really Bill Keohan of the CPC. He is so committed to making these historic moments happen and keep them alive. Finally, I just want to say brave Jonathan Beder, our DPW Director, for going up there and operating the machinery. It’s a great day for Plymouth.”
Community Preservation Act funds paid for the restoration of the eagle which has been perched on top of our cupola since 1881. Bill Keohan, Chairs the CPC:
“So we had to rebuild the eagle, create a new mold, turning her back into shape after she fell. It’s a Cushing Brothers eagle and it was manufactured in Waltham, Massachusetts. So a lot of it was done by looking at old catalogs that the Cushing Brothers put out.”
The restoration work was done by MLB Construction, a firm that specializes in historic preservation.
