The Salem News: New Salem veterans monument needs final fundraising push
Posted on: April 28, 2024
Salem High School senior Colin Bowker, Salem Scout Troop 24 Eagle Scout candidate, restores, expands memorial
By Dustin Luca | dluca@salemnews.com
SALEM — It’s been installed and dedicated. Now, the latest memorial honoring two legends in Salem’s military history needs just a little more cash to cross the finish line.
Colin Bowker, a member of Salem Scout Troop 24 working toward the highest rank of Eagle Scout, recently completed and delivered a newly restored and expanded memorial honoring Benjamin Peirce — Salem’s only minuteman to be killed in the battles of Lexington and Concord — and Maj. Gen. Stephen Abbot — a Salem merchant who went from leading the scouts attached to Gen. George Washington’s headquarters to becoming a leader in the second division of the Massachusetts Militia.
