Quick poll, no not about Hill or Trum, but about www.tomreed.info, whose heard of the Reed Family experience and would want to garner local support to appreciate the Sheffield MA (and Falls Village connections the Reed's had).
The monument near the Covered Bridge in Sheffield sparked complaints due to its siting. Tom did not fund or seek to have that started. (see the comment below and check those resources.)
Instead, he was going to appreciate the efforts of others who had seen some of what he did in 1969.The Berkshire Record's Terry Cowgill reported errors he did not correct.