New Hampshire VI

Founded in 1735 this town was renamed Dunbarton in 1765 after the hometown of a prominent citizen. 22 of the towns slightly more that 2200 perished in Vietnam. These heroes are remembered and honored on this granite rock which sits outside the Town Hall. The grounds consist of a park like setting with tall trees and a lovely gazebo. Once again I am touched by what some small towns do to honor their own. Clearly, with more limited resources that some big place, they have tough decisions to make and they should be proud to have made this one. Dunbarton Center is not far from our last stop in New Boston.

New Hampshire V

Just a little ways down Route 13 from New Boston is this marker.

It designates a 3.3 mile section of Route 13 as the Davis Scenic Drive. I searched extensively for information about Ronald Davis and found very litlle. His father was once the Chief of Police for the town, but Ronald was just like most of us. A young man who answered his county's call and like so many others paid the ultimate price. He will be remembered here, forever.

New Hampshire IV

Our next stop after the Veteran's cemetery was New Boston. This beautiful New England town has a small park on Meetinghouse Hill road near Rte. 13. The multiwar memorial stands in the shadow of tall trees and a beautiful gazebo.

If you look closely at the "older" section of the plaque you can see the names listed and you will notice on the marker that more names have been added to the original. No one is left behind. I was notified today that 3 more Americans have been identified using DNA. This leads me to speculate that many many more of these memorial sites will be updated as time passes, as they should be!

We went into the local General Store right next to the site and the guys there directed us to the next site, just down the road.

Read about that one on the 18th of October.