COLUMN: Heroes come in all flavors
You finish reading Patrick O'Donnell's "The Indispensables," his brilliantly presented account of the part Glover's Regiment played in the American Revolution. Even if you just moved to Marblehead a month ago, the next time you cross the line to Swampscott or Salem, there will be a lilt to your kilt, a decided swagger of obnoxious pride about you.
Gen. John Glover and his hardy band of mixed-ingredient soldier mariners almost single-regimentedly saved the wobbly country-in-the-making time and time again, creating the American Navy while they were at it. If it weren't for Glover's Regiment, we'd probably all be speaking British today.
I overheard someone talking about the book the other day say, "John Glover belongs on Mount Rushmore."
John Glover is one kind of hero — textbook. M...