William G. Walsh family members sought for autumn re-dedication of his Hero Square

This past Memorial Day, Bill Scannell of Dorchester and a group representing the old Walsh Post #369 on Dunbar Avenue, which no longer exists, joined with Mayor Wu and Jon Santiago, the city’s commissioner of Veterans Affairs, at Walsh Playground on Washington Street near Lower Mills to honor the park’s namesake, Gunnery Sgt. William Gary Walsh, a Roxbury native who at age 22

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