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Memorial cottons to WWII sailors
BEVERLY — To those up to date on their Beverly history, the North Beverly fire station is known as the site of the country's first cotton mill. The mill was so significant that George Washington himself stopped there in 1789.
Passers-by, then, could be forgiven if they assume the memorial next to the station on busy Dodge Street commemorates the cotton mill and Washington's visit.
In fact, the memorial honors two Beverly sailors, Garrett Lynch Jr. and Paul Trask, who were killed when their submarines were sunk during World War II.
The memorial was put up in mid-1950s, according to Jerry Guilebbe, the city's veterans' agent. The site is maintained by Beverly firefighters at the North Beverly station, and the Massachusetts chapter of the U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II holds a ceremony there every year on Veterans Day.
The cotton mill and Washington's visit have not been forgotten, however. Those events are noted on a less obvious slate tablet next to the submarine memorial.
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