N. Scituate Civil War Side 2

Close up Side 2, a photo by midgefrazel on Flickr.

North Scituate Civil War Monument

This is a close-up of Side 2. I cropped it for easier reading of possible ancestor names of my readers. The last side of this monument was completely blank.

Tombstone Tuesday: Civil War Monument N. Scituate RI

Civil War Dead in North Scituate, RI

When photographing large monuments, it is best to consider the time of day. This side, illuminated by the afternoon Spring sunshine, is easily read which makes the other three sides harder. If you live where the monument is located, I suggest that you study it at various times of the day to be able to read each name clearly. 

Alfred S. KNIGHT is my friend, Robert Grandchamp's (photo below) ancestor. I think he is a uncle and not a direct line ancestor. He told a story about how he found Alfred's photograph in another library quite a distance away but still in RI. He said that everyone should keep looking for information about their Civil War ancestors and they may find information in unexpected places. Smaller libraries in New England towns often are the repositories of information that people donate if they don't want to keep family mementos.

Upon looking at this photo when I returned home, I see two surnames that I know two friends are working on. I try to take any monuments I can when I visit an area.

Civil War Monument Side 3

Side 3, a photo by midgefrazel on Flickr.

This is one side of the Civil War monument in North Scituate, RI. This is the side toward the church and away from the library which you can see in this photo. Do you see my reflection?

Side 4 is blank. I did not take a photo of it.

Civil War Statue

Statue 2, a photo by midgefrazel on Flickr.

North Scituate, Rhode Island

Yesterday, I ventured out to my home state to the April Meeting of the Rhode Island Genealogy Society.

They meet all over the state and go to places that I have never been in the 23 years I lived there. Hubs did spend time in Scituate, RI in the summers before we met so at least we were somewhat familiar with the area.

My friend, Robert Grandchamp, author of several books on the Civil War, was going to be one of the speakers so I could not miss this event.

After the meeting we went over to look at the monument there and I didn't have a real camera with me so I took photos with my iPhone. They came out fairly well.

Behind this church is a cemetery and I resisted the urge to go look. It was a miracle.

I will post all three sides of this monument this week in case any of my readers has an ancestor mentioned on them.