Granite monument, plaque honoring General Glover dedicated in Marblehead

MARBLEHEAD – Revolutionary War General John Glover has been honored with a life-sized statue in Boston and a Marblehead street and school that bear his name, and since 1976 volunteers have annually re-created the spirit of his regiment at Fort Sewall.Now he finally has a granite Marblehead monument with a plaque honoring him and his regiment, which included hundreds of volunteers from a town of about 5,000.The monument was dedicated at Fort Sewall earlier this month during the annual encampment of Glover?s Regiment.The monument was sponsored and coordinated by the Fort Sewall Oversight Committee and fabricated by Kimball Memorials in Danvers. The proprietor, Jeff Moore, comes from a family that has supplied headstones for Marblehead and the North Shore since 1845. The stone was set in place by the town?s cemetery department.The monument and plaque were funded by a grant from the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, the nation?s oldest patriotic organization, founded in 1783 and comprised of descendants of Revolutionary War officers who promote education and scholarship about the Revolution.The grant application was written by Fort Sewall Committee member Judy Anderson, who proposed the idea of a monument to Glover, in keeping with the other commemorative and educational plaques that provide information about the fort and Marblehead history for the fort?s many residents and visitors.The dedication ceremony reminded Selectman Harry Christensen, a Vietnam veteran, of a simple fact: of the 3 million military personnel who served in the Vietnam era, only 10 percent faced combat.?These Revolutionary War guys and gals all faced combat,” he pointed out. He and Selectman Judy Jacobi led their colleagues in sending a letter of thanks to the Fort Sewall Oversight Committee for their accomplishment.Glover?s Marblehead sailor-soldiers carried troops and weapons across the Delaware on Christmas night, 1776 for the Battle of Trenton, which led to Glover?s promotion to general two months later. Soon after that battle the regiment disbanded, when their term of enlistment was over – but many later served on privateer vessels to disrupt British shipping and provide much-needed supplies.Glover continued in active service through 1782, when hostilities ended, and returned to Marblehead at age 50 to rebuild his business and serve both his town and Massachusetts in official capacities. He died 15 years later.