SHREWSBURY, Mass. — The central Massachusetts town of Shrewsbury has dedicated a new memorial to eight local men who died 95 years ago in World War I.The Telegram & Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1alpRHw) more than 250 people attended Monday's dedication. The granite monument and flagpole replace a crumbling memorial dedicated in 1924 to honor a local doctor killed serving on the Western Front in 1918.
Mass. Town Dedicates New World War I Monument
By Associated Press, Boston Herald
Mon, 11/11/2013 - 5:51pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Massachusetts Suffolk County Boston
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