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Tuesday, May 19th, 1863
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To day the boys are at work getting out boards for the wagons & preparing
them for a trip to Liberty. John is still over at the black smith shop. I
rode ...
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
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How totally wonderful! Thank you for pointing out that wonderful detail stuff!
Was intrigued by the rich color of the emerald background and then your explanation behind the reason made it so special and touching! Happy PFF§
Happy PFF
WOW what a wonderful postcard.
I so enjoyed all the cool background details.
This was great fun.
Thank you for sharing.
Have a fantastic weekend.
Happy Trails.
I love the family connection, the person with the place shown on the card. Wonderful.
Great post and love the card.
Debby
Difficult to say from a hundred year old view where this is. But if I had to guess, the intersection looks like where Lynn Shore Drive merges into what's now Route 129, which means the view is facing Swampscott, and which would make the obelisk the Civil War Monument at Monument Square, where Route 129 meets Monument Avenue.
Like Johnny Cash, I've been everywhere, man.
An interesting bit of family history.
Great post......it makes it so much more interesting to view these postcards when there is known history behind them. Thank you for sharing this collage, the postcard and Uncle Bob. :-)
Have a beautiful weekend.
Another beautiful collage and wonderful postcard selection! Happy PFF!
Check out this page if you haven't already. It sure looks like the monument the baby is in front of. I followed the suggestion by Chris Overstreet when he said it might be the Civil War Monument there. What do you think?
http://diglib.noblenet.org/dspace/handle/10262/3977?mode=full
Let me know. I love to search for things!
Judy
What a beautiful collage! Sometimes it's the pictures [and not the words] that tell the story, and you do it in such a beautiful way.
Caroline
Memorial Day greetings to y'all -- the 3-day weekend version, that is. I'll post a relevant postcard next Friday, which is closer to the original version of Memorial / Decoration Day -- the 30th of May.
Much appreciation to the guy from Georgia -- Chris Overstreet -- who was reading here and is actually familiar with Lynn Blvd. and took the time to point me in the right direction!
And thanks to my fellow Texan, Judy, for doing that research for me -- you did good! I like to consider myself a P.I. in the genealogy world -- you seem to be the same!
Glad y'all stopped by. I will follow up with a few tidbits about "the monument."
In 1883, a Soldier's Monument was erected in Monument Square, formerly Mudge's Square, directly in front of the Mudge estate, the land being given to the town for that purpose by the Mudge heirs. The monument is of granite, with bronze trimmings & bronze tablets. Its height is 30' from the ground, with a base 6'10" square. The 4 dies or tablets are 3'6" square (bronze). The front tablet, facing the Mudge estate, contains the inscriptions; on the opposite side is the date of erection; on the 2 other sides are the names of the 14 soldiers to whose memory the monument is erected. On the 1st section of the shaft are 4 bronze bas-reliefs -- on the front the U.S. coat of arms; on the opposite side a soldier & sailor; on the right a representation of cavalry, & on the left a representation of artillery. Above this is a bronze wreath. The shaft is square, with a plain, pointed top. The monument, which cost $2943.10, was dedicated in 1883.
Here is an abbreviated link to my Picasa photo album with more images and information on this monument and it's location.
http://is.gd/CZ1q
And FYI, the original full-length link is ::
http://picasaweb.google.com/Sentimental.Journey/MASwampscottMonumentSquare#
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