Members of the VFW Post 5791 organized a small service on Saturday morning, Sept. 20, at the Blodgett Cemetery to honor Corp. John Pollard Jr., a soldier of the American Revolution. Pollard lived from Nov. 20 to Dec. 17 1827 and his headstone had disappeared recently. Speakers included Post Commander Chuck Chapman, VFW Member and Cemetery Trustee Dan Barthelemy Christina Madden and Hudson Town Administrator Roy Sorenson. Each spoke briefly with Barthelemy starting by thanking the VFW Post for donating the new headstone that took the place of the one that had gone missing. Chapman asked for a moment of silence and reiterated his praise for the post’s generous donation which Madden helped to facilitate. Sorenson commended the Cemetery Trustees for the care they take in helping those residents who have passed and preserving their memory. Madden explained how they had discovered that the missing grave marker during her work with the Wreaths Across America program. Barthelemy fished the ceremony by reading from Kimball Webster’s “History of Hudson, NH” Photos by Chris Paul