Hyde Park, Mass., statues and memorials collection, [18--]-[ongoing].

Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

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Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the grandson of a captain in the American Revolutionary War. He was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in New England since the early 1600s. His initial schooling was at the local Hopkins Academy. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, ranked 29th out of a class of 50, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His initial assignment was in Florida fighting in the second of the Seminole War...

Bunker Hill Monument Association

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Organized 1823 for the purpose of building a monument commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill. From the description of Certificate, 1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926774 Incorporated in 1823 for the purpose of purchasing the battlegrounds of June 17, 1775 and constructing on the site a suitable memorial; the association maintained the monument and grounds until 1919 when it was turned over to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; in 1976 the Bunker Hill Monument was tra...

Quincy, Josiah, 1744-1775

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Bartlett, William Francis, 1840-1876

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Bartlett, the son of Charles Leonard Bartlett and his wife Harriett Dorothy Plummer, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and entered Harvard College in 1858. The Civil War began during his junior year and, almost immediately after hearing of the surrender of Fort Sumter, Bartlett enlisted as a private with the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Bartlett initially enlisted in the 4th Battalion Massachusetts Infantry, also known as the New Eng...