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to the formal St. Mihiel cemetery. The
Farleys chose to request the return of his
remains, setting in motion a process that
would become the driving purpose of
their lives.
An early record of their effort to publicly honor Peter is a sorrowful 1919
poem published to mark the anniversary
of his death:
What pain you had we never knew;
We did not see you die;
But this we know, that you have gone
and never said good-by.
For the Farleys, Peter9s death had become a sacrifice that could never be forgotten, and at some point they
commissioned the monument. An October 7, 1920 article in the High Bridge
Gazette provides the best available information regarding the statue9s provenance.
The article reports that it was sculpted locally by Ward & Co. of Schooley9s Mountain - confirming the statue is indeed one
of a kind, crafted by a local artisan - and
was installed in late September 1920.
The Farley family
published this memorial poem in The High
Bridge Gazette in
1919, approximately
a year after Peter’s
death.
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