Some 60 men, women and children gathered at a carved stone monument set near the top of a mountainside Saturday to remember 25 people none had ever met but who died at that spot 76 years earlier.
‘Imbued with meaning’: 75 years later, B-17 crash victims honored at Mount Tom ceremony >Mount Tom Memorial Committee Chairman Bob Cahillane of Northampton delivers opening remarks at the 75th Anniversary Ceremony of the B-17 crash at Mount Tom, Saturday, in Holyoke. FOR THE GAZETTE/Sabato Visconti >Ellen Stettner, Niece of Radioman 3rd Class Alfred Warm, who died in the B-17 crash 75 years ago, leads a crowd of Veterans, family members, and public officials like U.S. Congressman Richard Neal, in singing the National Anthem during the anniversary ceremony at the site of the crash in Mt. Tom, Saturday in Holyoke, MA. Sabato Visconti Copyright.2021