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Oak Bluffs Civil War Statue Rededicated – Vineyard Gazette
Strahan said the family was deeply divided in the Civil War. Dr. Strahan’s great-grandfather on his mother’s side was a lieutenant in the Union Army; his great Uncle Charlie on his father’s side was a lieutenant in the Confederate army, and they both fought at Gettysberg.
Can it happen here?: Historical travesty in Oak Bluffs
Historical travesty in Oak Bluffs When you disembark from the ferry into the Martha's Vineyard Island town of Oak Bluffs, this watchful life-size Civil War soldier on a pedestal stands directly ahead on the grass.
Soldiers' Memorial Fountain Historical Marker – hmdb.org
This monument depicting a Union Soldier was erected in 1891 by Charles Strahan, a former Confederate who relocated to Martha's Vineyard after the Civil War. (A historical marker located in Oak Bluff in Dukes County, Massachusetts.)
Uniting the Divided | Martha's Vineyard Magazine
Originally the statue stood at the head of Circuit Avenue in Oak Bluffs, erected there in the summer of 1891 to honor the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization of Civil War veterans. All plain enough.
Confederate Monuments in Massachusetts: Who knew? (Part 2 …
That’s when the Soldiers’ Memorial Fountain, topped by a zinc statue of a Union soldier, was erected in Oak Bluffs to honor members of the island’s chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), the preeminent organization for federal veterans of the Civil War.
Monument to Healing – The Vineyard Gazette – Martha's …
The statue in Oak Bluffs is not "A monument dedicated to the Confederate Soldiers". The fourth of four plaques on the base of the statue acknowledges the Confederate soldiers. That plaque was installed in an effort to heal the schism over which a war was fought 65 years earlier.
The Oak Bluffs Civil War Monument: History-Memory-Controversy …
A statue of a lone Civil War soldier stands watch over the Oak Bluffs waterfront, atop a pedestal adorned with cryptically worded plaques. It is the legacy of Charles Strahan, a veteran of the Confederate army who lived out the “second act” of his life on Martha’s Vineyard.
A monument to reunification – The Martha's Vineyard Times
It’s worth a reminder with all the discussion of Civil War monuments that the Oak Bluffs … the statue in Oak Bluffs, … The Martha’s Vineyard Times is an …
Unusual Civil War monuments – News – telegram.com – Worcester, MA
Mr. Ducharme interprets Civil War history and was for many years a member of a re-enactor unit, but the statue in Webster needs no interpretation. It is a dramatic tribute to the soldiers from the town who fought and died in the war. Webster’s Civil War monument took a while to be built — 42 years after the war.
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