Monday, November 12, 2012

BUT THERE YOU STAND, READY TO FIGHT..AND THERE YOU ARE PREPARED TO DIE..FOR ME.

THE GRAVE OF MY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER EDWARD W. FARRELL IN THE GAR CEMETERY , MARBLEHEAD WATERSIDE. HE SERVED FROM 1861-1864. TAKEN AS A PRISONER IN THE FIRST BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, SPENT 2 YEARS IN A PRISON CAMP AND MANAGED TO SURVIVE AND COME BACK TO MARBLEHEAD...THANK YOU GRANDPA...YOU ARE A WAR HERO.

A PARADE ON PLEASANT ST FOR OUR MARBLEHEAD GAR VETS WELCOME HOME. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARBLEHEAD HISTORIC TOWN PHOTO'S

A GROUP OF VETS AT THE GAR POST AT THE OLD TOWN HOUSE MEETING PLACE. THEY WERE A GREAT GROUP FROM MARBLEHEAD SERVING OUT COUNTRY..THAMK YOU!

A GROUP OF MARBLE HEADERS TRAINING AT NAUGUS HEAD FOR SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. MY GREAT, GREAT UNCLE SERVED UNDER TUCKER IN THIS WAR. HE WAS YOUNG AND HIS NAME WAS DAVID EDWARD FARRELL FROM MARBLEHEAD. PHOTO COURTESY MARBLEHEAD HISTORIC TOWN IMAGES.
Thank you to all the vets who fought from my hometown of Marblehead, and to all the Vets who fought for this Great Country. We will never forget you...ever.
Patty P