On May 12, 2007, the city of Fitchburg, MA rededicated the memorial to Company A of the 53rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. It had been vandalized in 2006. Also, a new gravestone for Orlando Boss, Medal of Honor winner from the 25th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was dedicated, now indicating his status as a Medal of Honor winner. I had the good fortune to attend this ceremony on an absolutely beautiful day earlier this month. The views from the recovered and refurbished cemetery are really quite stunning.

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The Nutting, Taft, Bailey, Company A Memorial in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Massachusetts	Reenactors from the 15th Massachusetts	Firing a volley
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Honor Guard at the memorial during the service.	Don Lassila (foreground, baseball cap) Fitchburg Cemetery Commission, Ed Norris (artillery uniform) Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Massachusetts Treasurer, Honor Guard	Ed Norris, SUVCW, Department of Massachusetts
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Honor Guard and Firing Squad at the grave of Medal of Honor winner Orlando Boss, 25th Massachusetts	Honor Guard at the grave of Orlando Boss	Firing a volley for Orlando Boss's grave rededication
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Honor Guard, grave of Orlando Boss