| Marblehead in World War I:: At Home and Overseas Contributor(s): Armstrong, Margery A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609491491 ISBN-13: 9781609491499 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Military - World War I |
| Dewey: 940.374 |
| LCCN: 2011010589 |
| Series: Military |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.1" W x 8.94" (0.54 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The small seacoast town of Marblehead, in eastern Massachusetts, was the first to answer the call to arms during both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Throughout World War I, Marblehead was affected, and the town influenced the outcome. Boasting of the fifth and final naval militia in history, the Tenth Deck Division, Marblehead's men stood on the front line as the first shots rang out, aimed at the Germans in 1917. It was a town that pulled together, rallied behind their own family and friends while they fought in the trenches of war and stood shoulder to shoulder in their diligent commitment. Historian Margery A. Armstrong delves into the past through articles and letters from those overseas that were first published in the Marblehead Messenger. |
Contributor Bio(s): Armstrong, Margery A.: - Margery G. Armstrong is a native Marbleheader, being born and raised there. She has researched her Marblehead family back eleven generations to the early 1600s. Marge has a BS degree from Boston University and recently earned a Certification in Genealogical Research from there. She has been involved in genealogy for the past twelve years and is a member of the Marblehead Historical Society, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, the New Hampshire Genealogical Society, the National Society of Genealogists and the New England Genealogical Society. This is her first published work. |