Snowy snapshot, 1969

The Marblehead Current is proud to partner with photographer Dan Dixey, who regularly shares photos of Marblehead from his extensive collection, along with information about each shot.

“This photograph was taken after a winter storm in 1969 by the late Dave Moynihan,” Dixey explained. “A John S. Martin truck is driving down Pleasant Street near the former Dill’s Restaurant and Marblehead Submarine Shop.”

March

From P. A1 illuminated with lanterns placed atop it. He offered a brief eulogy. His fellow reenactors flanked him to the left and right as a wall of people fanned out in front of Daly, who spoke not only of the general’s leadership during the Revolution but also the sacrifice of Marblehead men and families in their pursuit of liberty.

Daly gave a bit of a history lesson, too, about the New York campaigns in which Glover’s military knowledge proved important to Washington.

Glover’s men evacuated the Continental Army from Brooklyn to Manhattan and fought against the British during the Landing at Kips Bay and the Battle of Pell’s Point in 1776.

Glover’s regiment also carried out the military operation that ferried Washington and his army across the Delaware River on Christmas Day in 1776. The Delaware crossing allowed the Continental Army to launch a sneak attack against sleeping Hessian soldiers and secure its first major victory in 1776.

“Most importantly, this defeat of the Hessians reinvigorated the colonials’ confidence in their pursuit of war after almost four months of constant retreat and defeat,” Daly said. “His men were key to this turning point of the Revolution. Their success saved the Revolution.”

Glover’s public service did not end with the wartime effort. He served six terms as a Marblehead selectman.

Before they left Old Burial Hill, reenactors fired their muskets three times and offered one of the march’s hearty “huzzahs.”

Reenactors retreated back into the Old Historic District’s downtown area and capped the ceremony with a musket firing in front of Glover’s former house at 11 Glover Square.

Meaghan Walsh, whose family lives in the home now, stood in the door cradling her son, Jackson, as the reenactors approached to render honors.

“It’s pretty cool that they carry on this tradition,” Walsh said.

“They are keeping Glover’s spirit alive.”

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