NASHUA -- More than 40 volunteers gathered at Francis Xavier Cemetery on Saturday to place American flags on the graves of war veterans.Under the watchful eye of veteran Ed Jean, the annual event that started 25 years ago is one of several flag-placement projects held at various local cemete…
Sunday, May 26, 2024
In July 1866, a New York newspaper reported on a “grand gathering” of Union veterans in Salem, Ill. Gen. John A. Logan, head of the fraternal group the Grand Army of the Republic, delivered a speech, railing against the defeated Confederates and urging rights and protections for freed enslav…
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