An Ohio Historical Marker honoring our famous Lorain County Civil War General will be unveiled this Saturday, November 5at 11:00 am at Lakeview Park in Lorain. It looks to be a spectacular event, with special guests, musical numbers, a display of General Gillmore memorabilia, refreshments, and participation by the James A. Garfield, Sons of Union Veterans, Post #142 (of which I am a proud member).
In honor of the unveiling of the Ohio Historical Marker, Matthew Weisman and Paula Shorf have published a dedication souvenir book about the life of General Gillmore (shown below).
Matt and Paula were kind enough to provide me with an advanced copy of the book (and even promote my blog on the back cover). The book includes a wonderful collection of transcribed Civil War era newspaper articles that mention General Gillmore.
A limited number of these books will be available at the unveiling.
So be sure to make it down to Lakeview Park this Saturday morning and be part of a historic event celebrating Lorain's own General Quincy A. Gillmore!
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Need a refresher course on General Gillmore's military achievements that made him famous? You can revisit this article about him that I wrote for the late, great Black Swamp Trader & Firelands Gazette back in 2014.
