We've been reading the book Lentil recently, written by Robert McCloskey of Make Way for Ducklings fame. It's part of the Five in a Row curriculum that we have just been loving.Lentil was written in 1933 and is set in the small fictional town of Alto, Ohio. McCloskey's trademark charcoal illustrations feature Lentil walking around Alto, past all the common small town sites of drugstores, barber shops, libraries, parks and monuments.
The FIAR history lesson suggested we visit a monument in our own town and learn about it. There probably isn't a town in the country that doesn't have a monument of some sort, and Union is no exception. Our monument is in the middle of town, on the Common, and we went to have a look at it.
It's dedicated to the men of Union who were killed in battle during the Civil War. That's nothing unusual...I've seen plenty of Civil War monuments in my day.
Except that there is something unusual about this one after all, which didn't occur to me till later...it's the only monument to Civil War veterans I remember ever seeing that was for the other side.
When I realized that, for a few moments I really felt like I didn't belong here in Maine. But, not being one to dwell on unpleasant things most of the time, I've decided not to hold it against the Mainers we know and love so well.
Aren't y'all relieved? :D
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ah the little benefits you gain from moving to Maine. You are now on the winning side. Our monument in Leeds is at the top of Monument Hill. It is a great hike in the fall time, we just went there the weekend before last.
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