Crim: Downtown Quincy’s quiet Memorial Day weekend echoes with memories of Gus Macker

By Don Crim, Senior Columnist | May 30, 2022
Workers assemble the Sport Court prior to the Gus Macker Tournament in Quincy in 2021. It was the final year for the annual 3-on-3 tournament to be held in Quincy. | Photo courtesy Rodney Hart

QUINCY — It was a sunny, calm morning on the final Saturday in May in downtown Quincy. A row of pickup trucks and tents were stationed in the shade along Hampshire on the north side of Washington Park between Fourth and Fifth streets for the Farmer’s Market. Maine Street was barricaded between Fourth and Fifth…

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