History

During the month of May, the 33rd Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Donald “Don” R. Couture, Sr., of Black Diamond, Washington, formerly of New Bedford. Don joined the Air Force after graduating high school and became …

During the month of March, the 31st Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of PFC Justin Candido Kirby, a New Bedford native who was killed at the age of 21, two years ago, on March 9, 2020, in a training …

During the month of February, the 30th Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Alfred Standish Milliken, a New Bedford veteran killed during WWI. Milliken was born in New Bedford on May 1, 1891 to Frank Milliken and Susan B. …

During the month of January, the 29th Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of both Robert H. Andrews and Stephen B. Dahill, the first New Bedford residents killed during WWI. If you’re a SouthCoast resident, you probably travel Rte. 195 …

During the month of December, the 28th Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Albert S. Broadland, formerly of 17 Buttonwood Street, New Bedford, who served his country honorably during WWII with the 98th Bombardment Group of the United States …

Henry Quinlan, a man with a long history in book publishing while raising a family on the South Coast, has released this trivia book with his granddaughter, Caroline Murphy, who captained the soccer and track teams at Old Rochester, was the book’s photographer. Quinlan packs this paperback with more than …

During the month of November, the 27th Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Linden Sidney Worden, who served during WWII as a Radioman 1st Class, aboard the USS Greene. Worden was born in New Bedford, MA on …

During the month of October, the 26th Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Dr. Joseph Figueiredo Souza, Jr. who served a long and distinguished military career including six years in the Marine Corps Reserve and twenty-one years in the …

During the month of September, the 25th Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Leopold Mathieu, a WWI Veteran who served as a Sergeant in the Medical Detachment for the American Expeditionary Forces from 1917 to 1919. Mathieu was born …

During the month of July, the 23rd Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber – Fort Rodman Military Museum honors the memory of Judge George N. Leighton, who served as a Captain in the 25th Infantry Division of U.S. Army during WWII. George Leighton was born in …