![peo-08-0225-jrvhs Captain William Simmons, 1864](https://www.kplma.org/pique/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/peo-08-0225-jrvhs1.jpg)
A native of Kingston, William Simmons served in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, not as an officer, but as a master shipwright and later Constructor at the Navy Yard in Charlestown.
On exhibit for Memorial Day are photographs of Simmons and other residents of Kingston and nearby towns who served a century and a half ago. Stop by and take a look.