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Bob “Monty”  Doherty is a local historian. You can find his Historical Fact of the Week column in The Somerville Times. He has written over 200 of the columns to date. Doherty joined the Somerville Fire Department in 1974, before retiring in 2012 he  was one of the city’s Fire Inspectors. While on that job he would try to learn as many historical facts as he could about the house he was inspecting. You can see him at a table of many local events willing to talk about the history of Somerville.

Bob “Monty”  Doherty

Somerville

It was the time the eagle flew
The year was eighteen forty-two

The eagle flies above the sea
The eagle is like you and me

She’s white on crown
And white on tail
To guide her through
The sky and sail

The eagle flies above the sea
The eagle is like you and me

Its wings are strong
Its wings are brown
Its dark breast proud
Its cry is loud

The eagle flies above the sea
The eagle is like you and me

Its talons are of golden hue
Its beak of yellow to breathe and chew

The eagle flies above the sea
The eagle is like you and me

Red skin and tongue and native spirit
Make us proud to see and hear it

The eagle flies above the sea
The eagle is like you and me

To live in peace and to live in love
The eagle prays from high above

The eagle flies about the sea
The eagle is like you and me

— Bob “Monty” Doherty

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