Peter Dorsey submits-
Joey,
Another statue that I found both artistic and interesting is located at the intersection of Prospect and Pleasant Streets. It is made of large granite blocks, and commemorates the War with Spain from 1898 to 1902, and the Gloucester men who served then, ” Gloucester Honors Her Men Who Served in the War With Spain, 1898, Volunteers All, Erected 1923″ There is a copper relief plaque commemorating the Liberation of Cuba on one side honoring, “Gloucester’s Sons, 100 Strong” and on the other side a copper relief plaque showing the U.S.S. Gloucester, and commemorating her “Sinking of the Spanish Destroyers Pluton and Furor” in July 1898, and the 300 men from Gloucester who “Volunteered for Naval Service”.
If you have never looked closely at these beautiful relief plaques, I recommend that you park you car nearby, and walk carefully around the traffic; and spend a little time gazing at this beautiful commemorative artwork.
Alicia
blackswanbeth
Joanne
Joey C
Marty Luster
Craig Kimberley
David B. Cox
Ed Collard
Sharon
Vickie & Peter
Kim Smith
Fr Matthew Green
patrickr
Paul Morrison & RD
Manuel F. Simoes
S.D. Kelly
Thom Falzarano
My grandfather was in the US Cavalry in the Spanish American War but was from Waltham (my home town). Interesting to see this monument to the men from Gloucester (my adopted home town) who fought along with him.
Austin Connor Jr comes to mind whenever I pass this Memorial. Austin and now his awesome wife Diane Connor planted and tended to the flowers at this Memorial every season for a very long time- since Connor’s moved to the corner from Main Street, I think. Thinking of you, Austin….
Who remembers the biz that was on the corner before Connor’s? Andrew’s!
Yup, so was the choice to be either a Salah’s (or Zion’s) corner kid or Andrew’s Donut Shop. Like the war between the states, I was Salah’s, my older brother, Tim, was Andrew’s.
See my post on GMG about the USS Gloucester: http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/u-s-s-gloucester/
I, too, never pass this Memorial without thinking of Austin. Re Andrew’s, back in the l940′s and l950′s, the St. Ann School students would attend First Friday Mass at St. Ann Church and then get a hot chocolate and a doughnut at Andrew’s before heading into school. Good memories!
Just 60 years after this, The Cuban Missile crisis. You would have thought Cuba would have become a state.