Aroline Soule

Mrs.  Aroline Soule is the perfect example of who this day is for.  Aroline Soule led the movement to establish Halifax's Soldiers' Monument. Her son, Charles W. Soule, died at Newberne, North Carolina in 1862 at the age of eighteen.

"Mrs. Aroline Soule, who had been active with the Unitarian Church and soldier’s relief efforts during the war, was the moving spirit behind the fundraising. She had lost a son to the war, Charles W. Soule, who died in Newbern, North Carolina in 1862. She wanted a fitting monument to honor his memory and others from the town who had been lost.[2] The key speaker during the dedication was the Hon. Thomas Russell (1826-1887), judge of the Superior Court of Boston and Collector of the Port of Boston. He had been a radical abolitionist and a supporter of John Brown.[3] Judge Russell was the key speaker for at least one other South Shore monument dedication and spoke at ceremonies in other parts of the state. We might therefore surmise he was an impressive orator and a man who felt some duty to honor those fallen in the war."

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