Remembering a Civil War soldier and civil rights advocate
May 21, 2020
Published May 22, 2020
By JAMES BENNETT
FROM THE BOSTON GUARDIAN of January 13, 1912. (Courtesy Photo)
MELROSE — Early in the morning on Valentine’s Day of 1918, an 83 year old retired pipefitter named Wesley J. Furlong died peacefully in his bed at 47 Sanford Street. Some of his neighbors grieved his loss, but…
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