A historic marker commemorating a Civil War soldier from Troy who earned a Medal of Honor is now clearly readable and vibrant thanks to a community effort.
Jack Welsh, a member of the C.R.A.B. Garrison 1954 Post, a Troy veterans’ organization, and Carole Weaver, a Rensselaer County legislator, had noticed the marker was so weathered and rusty that no one could read it as they entered St. Mary’s Cemetery on Brunswick Road in Troy. Both are members of the Little Italy Quality of Life Committee.
The marker in fresh New York blue and yellow paint now clearly reads:…