Tuesday, June 3, 2025
TARR IN THE NEW 6.2.25
TARR IN THE NEWS | 6.2.25
'Transforming Stage Fort into Battle of Bunker Hill site'
By Ethan Forman | Gloucester Daily Times
"Ringo Tarr’s brother, state Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, was also at Stage Fort Park on Friday.
“I think this is an incredible honor for Gloucester and for Cape Ann, and it’s an exciting opportunity for all of us to remember an important milestone in the history of our country, and it’s significant because there were a number of folks from Cape Ann that participated in this battle,” Bruce Tarr said.
“Of course, we know one was Jabez Tarr,” said Bruce Tarr, who along with his brother is a direct descendant of the 15-year-old who fought at the battle and lived to fight again during the Revolution. “The point is that on Cape Ann we have a connectedness to this battle, as does the rest of Essex County.”
A number of folks from the Merrimack Valley also took part in the battle, he said."
