Marlborough in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

The Volunteer

City of Marlborough Spanish-American War Monument

— 1898 - 1902 —

The Volunteer image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, June 19, 2013

1. The Volunteer

Inscription.
Front Panel

Ernest D Marshall • Willis H Page • John O Cole • Louis Sasseville • William S Wadden • Timothy E McGee • Ernest A Carpenter • Arhur B Hersey • Cornelius J Donahue • Joseph North • George Lynch • Herbert H Chase

They died to make men free

Dedicated by the
City of Marlborough
to her hero sons who
freely served in humanity's cause
October 12, 1924

Left Panel

Honor Roll
Original Roster of
Co. F. 6th Mass. Inf. U.S.V.
in the
Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns
Capt. Thomas E Jackson • 1st Lt. Franklin G Taylor • 2nd Lt. Frank E Moore

Sergeants
Lucius P Hayward • Harold B Chamberlain • Charles W Holbrook • Aaron W Hosmer • Frank L Best • Walter A Wood

Corporals
Warren E Hapgood • Henry Simard • George W Higgins • Thomas L McDormond • Eldon L Holt • Harold A Leonard

Musicians
Charles H Small • Isadore I Vincent

Artificer
Willis H Page

Wagoner
Charles R Craig

Privates
Mason S Allen • William J Angell • James W Barry • Clifton R Berry • Alma Bertrand • Eli Brodeur • Frank W Buck • Henry M Chamberlain • Arthur W Clapp • Walter A Clisbee • John O Cole • John P Colleary • Walter H Cowern • Frank E Cutter • Dolor O Delude • Jeremiah Frazel • Harmisdas

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Goulet • John J Grady • Edwin E Haight • Ira J Haines • James A Harris • George B Herrick • Arthur B Hersey • Elton E Howe • Ernest A Howe • Everett C Howe • Fred W Howe • Chester W Hunt • James P Hutch • Ervin F Johnson • Lester O Keith • John W Kellette • Edmund G Knight • S Wright LePage • Ernest D Marshall • James J Martin • Charles F McCarthy • William F McCarthy • Leander Melanson • Albert E Miles • Fred H Mills • Carleton A Newton • Dennis W O'Brien • John V O'Brien • Ralph A Parker • James G Patterson • Charles H Perry • Frank Pichette • Walter H Readio • Walter T Redding • S Walter Rogers • Thomas T Ryan • Ardeen Schwartz • Frank D Stumpf • William F Trowbridge • William S Wadden • John A Ward

Second Call
May 25, 1898
Riley A Berry • David H Bishop • Armas Bonin • H Wallace Burhoe • Frank X Chartier • Edmund F Clements • Michael E Colleary • George E Cutler • Wilmot F Duley • Fred W Estabrook • Frank T Estey • Arthur C Faulkner • William E Fay • Wilfred Gour • John F Greene • John W Grover • Ernest D Howard • Dosithe LaFoy • Louis L'Hereaux • Robert E Lee • Edward Lovely • Timothy E McGee • Thomas F Mullen • Joseph O'Clair • Fenny

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2. The Volunteer

Palardy • Clarence A Rowles • Henry T Rowles • Harry C Ruggles • Louis Sasseville • Harry A Taylor • Harry R Willard • Irving O Wright

Right Panel
Honor Roll
Marlborough Men
who served in the
Army, Navy or Marine Corps in
Cuba, Porto Rico,
The Philippines or China

Frank Avery • Edward F Boule • Irving E Brigham • Thomas F Bullock • John Byrne • Martin Byrne • Charles P Callahan • Ernest A Carpenter • Daniel F Carr • Herbert H Chase • Urgel Colette • George A Cutter • Edward Danues • Joseph Danues • Walter C Dean • Cornelius J Donahue • John O Donahue • Arthur Dragon • Alphonse Duchaine • Arthur W Dunn • Cornelius J Dunn • Isaac S Dunn • Edward Durand • Martin E English • William J W Findlay • Edward H Fitzgerald • Thomas F Fitzgerald • Timothy E Flynn • Ernest C Forbush • Frank J Fritchie • Arthur Gagnon • John A Gagnon • William Gauthier • Frank Burke • Patrick J Danehy • Ernest C Forbush • Joseph E Gauvin • Timothy Genery • Thomas F Glynn • Peter Gour • James Green • Adelard Gregoire • Flibert J Gregoire • John Hackett • Warren B Hamilton • John Heffron • Harrie C Hunter • William Jackson • Humphrey Jordan • William R Keefe • Clarence F Kenney

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3. Front Panel

• Charles L Kurtz • Arthur LaCouture • Ame LaFernais • Louis LeMay • William H Leonard • Perley W Libby • Charles H Lynch • Charles Lynch • Edward T Lynch • Edward J Lynch • James Maguire • John T Maguire • Philip J Mahar • Louis Marcure • Alfred Maynard • Edward Maynard • Joseph O McGee • Charles E McGregor • Walter C Latham • James P McNiff • John Morgan • John W Morse • Daniel F Moynihan • Patrick J Mulcahy • Thomas F Murphy • Joseph Norih • David P O'Brien • Cornelius J O'Callahan • James O'Connell • Michael E O'Donnell • Ellsworth D Onthank • Fred Onthank • William Palardy • Clarence O Perry • Richard J Regan • Bert C Riley • John Robinson • David Sasseville • Edward Sasseville • Joseph Sawyer • Levi O Sawyer • Louis O Sawyer • Mansfield Schwartz • Cornelius J Sheehan • Maurice Sheehan • Daniel E Sullivan • John J Sullivan • Charles F Tilson • Cornelius H Toomey • William D Toomey • John Trainor • John A Wheeler • Albert J Whelan • George H Paul • Felix Robert • Richard Rowles

Erected 1924 by City of Marlborough.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American.

Location. 42° 20.767′ N,

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, June 19, 2013

4. Left Panel

71° 33.233′ W. Memorial is in Marlborough, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 20) and Mechanic Street / Granger Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Monument is located in Brigham Park on the west end of the intersection near the Marlborough Public Library. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Marlborough MA 01752, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Boston.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lieut Wm. Munroe Brigham Jr. Park (here, next to this marker); Marlborough's Carnegie Library (a few steps from this marker); Robert W. "Red" Touchette (within shouting distance of this marker); Honoring Marlborough's Finest (within

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, June 19, 2013

5. Right Panel

shouting distance of this marker); High School Common (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The First Meeting House & The Old Common (about 400 feet away); Artemas Ward Park (about 500 feet away); The Parade of Colonial History (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marlborough.

Spanish-American War image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, June 19, 2013

6. Spanish-American War

Back panel

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7. The Volunteer

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8. The Volunteer

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9. The Volunteer

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10. The Volunteer

back left-hand of the statue base showing the name of the foundry

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11. The Volunteer

back right-hand of the statue base showing, I believe, the sculptor's name

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 9, 2013, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,669 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on July 9, 2013, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.