Maurice Marder Square

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The intersection of Nightingale Street and Wales Street was designated a Hero Square for Maurice Marder. The square is the intersection where his home was located.

https://www.cityofboston.gov/veterans/herosquares/view.aspx?id=655

Maurice Marder was born in Russia in 1895. He attended the Wendell Phillips Grammar School and the English High School.  He worked for Shattuck & Jones, fish merchants , where he was a chief clerk. Marder enlisted at Winthrop in 1917 when they formed the machine gun company and joined the 101st Machine Gun Company.  He was killed in action at Chateau Thierry.

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January 6, 2022

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