Many men from Marblehead fought in the American Revolution. Most were part of the 14th Continental, known as Glover\u2019s regiment. There were also captains and sailors in Washington\u2019s crucial privateer fleet. Rebels who fought back in other ways, such as serving on Committees and attending the early Continental Congress, were also part of the story. Many never returned home, dying on battlefields or at sea. But those buried in Marblehead\u2019s graveyards help us remember our Town\u2019s role in the nation\u2019s fight for independence. Find out more about who lies where, and about what\u2019s wrong with the 1930 Tercentenary sign at Old Burial Hill.<\/p>\n
Pam Peterson is the Chair of Marblehead Historical Commission and served on Marblehead\u2019s Cemetery Commission after 19 years at the Marblehead Museum, first as Director of Education and then as Executive Director, as well as designer of several exhibitions. She is a columnist for the Marblehead \u2018Current\u2019 newspaper, and has recently written a book about all of the cemeteries in Marblehead, which also includes stories about some of the people who were interred in them.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many men from Marblehead fought in the American Revolution. Most were part of the 14th Continental, known as Glover\u2019s regiment. There were also captains and sailors in Washington\u2019s crucial privateer…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1963,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-1948","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n