The 18 possible names to rename Medford’s Columbus Elementary School

The Medford Advisory Committee to Rename the Columbus Elementary School has narrowed down the list of suggested names to 18 possible choices:

• Krystle Campbell, a Medford native who died in the Boston Marathon bombings
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice
• Crispus Attucks, who escaped from slavery and died in the Boston Massacre
• Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
• Grace Muriel Earhart Morrissey, Amelia’s sister who lived in Medford and was a teacher and activist
• Belinda Sutton, a slave at Medford’s Royall House
• Lydia Maria Child, an abolitionist who was born in Medford
• Prince Hall, an abolitionist who founded Prince Hall Freemasonry and lived in Medford
• Pauline Alice Young, a civil rights leader who was born in Medford
• Sagamore John, chief of the Pawtucket tribe
• Wampanoag, the Native American tribe
• Missituk, the Mystic River watershed home to the Massachusetts tribe and other Native Americans
• Fannie Farmer, who created “The Fannie Farmer Cookbook” and grew up in Medford
• Pauline Walker, a Medford teacher for more than 50 years
• Raymond S. Murano, who was superintendent of Medford Public Schools
• Jean Barry-Sutherland, who was the first principal of Medford’s Columbus Elementary School
• Achi (Achillius) Sullo, a first-generation Italian who was a WWII veteran and lived in Medford
• Arthur Dello Russo, the first Italian-American to become Medford’s mayor

from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/33ZLLT6