Memorial Day Connection

Given that today is Memorial Day, and since this National Day of Remembrance has its origins back to the time of the Civil War, I thought you would enjoy viewing the attached photo.

John Greenhalgh in his Civil War uniform (circa 1863)

John Greenhalgh (1845-1907) was “Grandma Riley’s (Margaretta Greenhalgh Riley (1876-1962) father, which makes him my great-grandfather.

May he Rest In Peace

[I have “borrowed” the image from Erik Volk, a fellow Ancestry member who has done research on the Greenhalgh family.]

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