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War Monuments

Wakefield’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument

by Nancy Bertrand The desire to honor the men of South Reading who fought in the Civil War gave birth to the South Reading Monument Association in 1867.  This committee, chaired by Lilley Eaton, and including such luminaries as Solon O. Richardson, James M. and P.H.. Sweetser and Cyrus Wakefield, yielded a unusual result.  Local…

December 1, 2016 in Civil War, History of Wakefield, MA, Uncategorized, War Monuments.

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