About this Event
The Department of Massachusetts, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will be conducting a Memorial Ceremony for Union General Benjamin F. Butler at his grave site in the Hildreth Family Cemetery, 270 Hildreth Street, Lowell, Massachusetts, at 11:00 AM on Saturday, November 2, 2024.
Benjamin Franklin Butler was a Major General of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler was a political Major General of the Union Army during the Civil War and later had a leadership role in the impeachment of U.S. President Andrew Johnson.
He was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage and on the Massachusetts political scene, serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and running several campaigns for governor before his election to that office in 1882.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
270 Hildreth St, 270 Hildreth Street, Lowell, United States
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