Word: charlestown
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Half a mile from the First Church of Charlestown (parent of the Old South), where John Harvard was sixth pastor, there stands the twenty foot obelisk intended by the class of 1828 to mark his resting place. It is the most imposing memorial the "Phipps St. Burying Ground" possesses, crowning the knoll and attracting visitors up the single path, Harvard Ave., to investigate the name of the claimant to such relative magnificence. Every Memorial Day witnesses the press of scores of people to the central eminence, whence they may enter into a spirit of the services held at the base...
...receiving line will be Rear Admiral Sims, retired: General Brown, 1st Corps Commander: Rear Admiral Andrews of the Charlestown Navy Yard, and other notable army and navy officers. The patronesses of the ball will represent foremost Boston families...
...Reserve team is a group of amateurs who have played teams from Naval vessels at the Charlestown Navy Yard, from the Navy Hospital, from the receiving ship, and from other service units...