Civil War Unit to Light Millbury's Christmas Tree
by Steve Balestrieri (email)11/21/11
13th Mass Vols. at the 13th Mass Monument, Oak Ridge, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
MILLBURY, Mass. - This year's Chain of Lights Christmas tree lighting will have a historic flair -- members of the 13th Mass. Volunteer Infantry Civil War Re-enacting Unit have been chosen for the honor, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
The Friends of the Asa Waters Mansion selected the group, commanded by Major Mark Slayton of Millis, to light the Christmas tree on the Mansion's bandstand on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 4 p.m.
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Festival of Lights at Asa Waters Mansion; Dember 4th, 2011
Photo by Steve Balestrieri
Fair Yields a Harvest of Farm Activities
Community Harvest Project presents Harvest Home 2011
From left: First Sgt. Bill Cutler, Corporal Russ Marchand and Private Cindy Vanasse of the 13th Mass. Infantry sit around the fire waiting to enjoy a meal of potatoes, ham and apples. CreditThomas Goddard
125th Quartermaster Company honored for storied lineage, service at Lexington and Concord
WORCESTER, Mass. – 27 campaign streamers were presented to the 125th Quartermaster Company during a ceremony at the Massachusetts National Guard Museum in Worcester, Mass., Sunday, Oct.16, 2011. The campaign streamers commemorate the battles and campaigns the unit was recently found to have served in. Military historians recently traced the unit's lineage and found that it went back to 1660. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Camara, 65th Public Affairs Operations Center, Massachusetts Army National Guard)
By Army Spc. Matthew Camara, 65th Public Affairs Operations Center, Massachusetts Army National Guard
WORCESTER, Mass. – Lexington, Bunker Hill, Antietam, Meuse-Argonne, Ardennes; these are the names of some of the most important battles in American history. They are a reminder of our nations past.
In the military, a unit remembers the battles or campaigns it served in by stitching the name of the campaign on a streamer and then attaching it to the guidon or flag. The streamers serve as symbols of the unit’s lineage; reminders that they “were there.”
In a ceremony at the Massachusetts National Guard Museum here, 27 campaign streamers were added to the 125th Quartermaster Company’s guidon Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, stating that they “were there.”
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Former Marlborough National Guard
unit to be honored
MARLBOROUGH —
The Massachusetts National Guard will honor the 125th Quartermaster Company at the Massachusetts National Guard Museum in Worcester on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011.
The Chief of Military History, US Army, recently approved the research by Massachusetts National Guard historians that proved that the 125th traces its history back to Dec. 3, 1660, when it was organized as a militia company in Marlborough. This makes the 125th the second oldest company in the Massachusetts National Guard and US Army........
From 1822 to 1917 the unit was also called the Marlborough Rifles.
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Memorial Day Parade: Millis, Massachusetts
13th Mass Vols. Fire a Salute to Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient William Newland in the Millis Cememtary
Civil War troops on the march to Westborough
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WESTBOROUGH —
Thirty Civil War re-enactors from Company F of the 13th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry will camp out in front of Westborough High School on Sept. 24 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.
"These are very professional re-enactors," Carry Mulrain, president of the Westborough Historical Society, told the School Committee last night. "Some will be in costumes and will hold drilling ceremonies, musket firings and a women's sewing circle."
Mulrain said during the Civil War, women in Westborough met regularly to sew bandages and clothing to send to Union soldiers.
The free event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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FREDERICK. A. DICKINSON ; age, 23; born, Deerfield, Mass.; clerk;
mustered in as priv., Co. C, July 16, '61; killed, Aug. 30, '62.
Recently while tending to duties in the Westwood, Massachusetts Cemetery, Cpl. Bob Collins came upon the old and weather worn grave of Frederick Dickinson of Company C, 13th Mass Vols. With a little elbow grease applied to the grave stone by Cpl. Collins, Pvt. Dickinson’s grave marker received a well-deserved cleaning
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