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Taft Honors Regiment at Salem Memorial
President Taft attended the unveiling of a memorial tablet for the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery in Salem. He was greeted by over 2500 and elected an honorary member of the regimental association. Taft praised the regiment and recalled Civil War sacrifices before outlining plans for a Boston area trip and upcoming travel to the Berkshires and Vermont.
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Beverly
Taft
Massachusetts Heavy’ Artillery
Salem
Lincoln
Grant
J. Payson Bradley
Essex Institute
Arimory
Spottsylvania
Gray
United States
Samuel Carr
Boston
Manchester
James Bryce
Bryce
Loring
Kimball
Springfield
Dalton
Winthrop Murray Crane
Miss Boardman
Berkshires
Lenox, Lee
Stockbridge
Vermont
Fletcher
F. C C. Williams
Brattleboro
West Townshend
Robert J. Lincoln
City Hall
St. Johnsbury
Bretton Woods
Franklin MacVeagh
New York
Worcester
Hot Springs
Cincinnati
Congress