A century and a half worth of grave markers fill Beechbrook Cemetery, a grassy landscape on Cape Ann where generations of Gloucester men and women who helped build the historic Massachusetts community rest. On a cluster of modest tablets "SPA" features prominently. Today, few Americans would recognize the acronym, unless they read what surrounds the letters on some of the headstones: the word "War," a name, and a branch of military service.
Afghanistan: Remember the Maine!
