RMHS: Why did I start it?

People ask me why I started this collection of artifacts to makeup the RMHSM even through I'm not an alumni. It is a lot of work and it is a good question as to why I would be so motivated. Here are my reasons:

• I've lived in Reading since 1988, and I've been a Town Meeting member for many years now so I've been involved with the town operations. As a town meeting member I've spent many, many hours in the old auditorium, so I feel some connection to the old building that way.
• Both my daughters now attend or will be attending RMHS (classes of 2010 and 2012 respectively). As future alumni this collection will have significance to them.
• I contributed in earnest to the effort get the high school renovated, and although it made no economic sense to retain the older parts of the building I felt some responsibility for its demise. This collection is a small way of preserving some of the old building which has its own unique architectural elements that will be lost.
• I have a bent towards collecting things, and collections are much more fun when shared.

Unfortunately, I have little storage space and no firm plans for a display mechanism as yet. These things will come.

Ralph L. Vinciguerra