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THURSDAY MAY 25, 2023

SOUTH BOSTON ONLINE

VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74

Ryan Sullivan’s World War I Mission

New England’s First LEGO Discovery Center Celebrates Its Grand Opening

Ryan Sullivan’s World War I Mission: Locate Thomas J. Fitzgerald

by Rick Winterson

by Rick Winterson

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he T homa s J. Fit zgera ld VFW Post 561 is a South Boston neighborhood institution. Two-and-a-half years ago, the Post celebrated its 100th year of existence. It was chartered back in 1920, and it was named for South Boston Army veteran Thomas J. Fitzgerald, who was killed in action on July 19, 1918, during the final six months of World War I – “The War to End All Wars”. Five months previously, Private Fitzgerald had enlisted in the U.S. Army; he died a youthful hero in the military service of his nation. But there is more to be asked

LEGO Discovery Center Grand Opening

Ryan Sullivan about him. And if at all possible, there’s more to be done for him. For you see, Fitzgerald was killed in an artillery barrage while he and his doughboy buddies in Company “B”, 39th Infantry, 4th Division, were marching over a hill to their next combat mission in northern France. He Continued on Page 2

LEGO is a name that’s famous worldwide, as everyone knows. But it is important that everyone also knows the exact meaning of “LEGO Discovery Center”, because the only LEGO Discovery Center anywhere in New England opened yesterday – at 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, May 24, at 598 Assembly Row on the corner of Artisan Way in Somerville. It consists partly of a LEGO store on the ground floor of its building, which can be entered from the street if you’d simply like to make a purchase of LEGOs. The Orange Line provides convenient public transit; get off at Assembly. The major, most important

Towers, castles, and a fairground, all made from LEGOs. part of the LEGO Discovery Center is located on the second floor of their building; it stretches along an entire city block. Its area is an astonishing 45,000 square feet, which is just over an entire acre under roof – completely devoted to Continued on Page 6

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