During the Revolutionary War, General John Glover used the skills he developed as a fisherman in Marblehead, MA, to lead the first “amphibious” regiment, predecessor of the modern-day Marines. The regiment sailed in to rescue Washington and his troops after the disastrous Battle of Long Island, thereby sparing them further casualties. They also ferried Washington and his men across the icy Delaware River to facilitate a surprise attack on the British at Trenton.

Here, the well-known Boston sculptor Martin Milmore has depicted Glover as a youthful and confident military leader. That aura of invincibility is sadly ironic, too; Milmore’s promising career was cut short when he died at age of 38. He is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, where a bronze relief by Daniel Chester French commemorates him.