Last week we reported how the Endicott Branch of the Dedham Public Library was not going to have a Christmas tree. The excuse was that the tree made some people “uncomfortable” last year. Well, the community rallied in defense of the Christmas tree … and the library now says the tree is going up!
Denham residents Marianne Martin and Jason Brogan helped rally the Christmas spirit. They told Jesse Waters on Monday that the fight for the tree actually brought the community together.
“I have never seen our town come together more than this debacle. For the longest time there was a group of people in Dedham saying that we were divided, and it was ‘us vs. them,’” Martin said.
Added Brogan, “I think it’s going to motivate people to stand up for what they believe in. And, I think in the long run [this] will most likely bring a lot of folks in town together.”
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