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To The Editor:

Manchestercan justly be proud of the many memorials it has created to honor itsservicemen in all of the wars fought by our country, i.e., the CivilWar and the Ward Cheney Camp; Spanish-American War monuments inCenter Park; the Manchester Memorial Hospital and the plaque atManchester High School honoring the dead of World War I; the WorldWar II and the Korean War monuments in Munro Park; and the VietnamVeterans Memorial at the center of town. It was surprising to learn,therefore, that the Daughters of the American Revolution's gift tothe town of a memorial to our soldiers in the Revolutionary War satinconspicuously alongside the town garage on Olcott Street. It wasinscribed "In Memory of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Orford Parish,"as Manchester was known in the Revolutionary era.

The PitkinGlass Works Committee feels that this memorial should be removed fromits present site, restored as much as possible, and placed in asecure and suitable area of town. Because the Pitkin Glass Works isthe only Revolutionary War relic remaining in town, it seems fittingthat this Revolutionary War Memorial should reside at the glass workssite, together with the plaque commemorating the bicentennial visitof George Washington to our community.

While thereare other sites where the memorial could be situated, thePreservation Committee of the Pitkin Glass Works believes its finalresting place should be on the well-protected grounds of the PitkinGlass Works and under the vigilant supervision and maintenance of theGlass Works Preservation Committee. Its future and security wouldthus be assured and its former fate of being moved all over town(three times) would not happen again.

The concernof our president, Erland Johnson, and his deputy assistant, AlSundquist, with the appearance of the grounds is obvious. It hasnever looked as well as it does today. Please observe it as you passby. This is local pride at its best!

Charles E. Jacobson Jr., M.D.

45 Wyllys St.

Manchester, CT