Meehan--the great-grandson of the famous botanist and father of Philadelphia parks, Thomas Meehan--came from "a family of military heroes." His life story is chronicled in this May 2023 article by Mary Pomichter in aPhiladelphia newspaper, the Chestnut Hill Local:
https://www.chestnuthilllocal.com/stories/remembering-the-greatest-generation-this-memorial-day,28088
Meehan--the great-grandson of the famous botanist and father of Philadelphia parks, Thomas Meehan--came from "a family of military heroes." His life story is chronicled in this May 2023 article by Mary Pomichter in aPhiladelphia newspaper, the Chestnut Hill Local:
https://www.chestnuthilllocal.com/stories/remembering-the-greatest-generation-this-memorial-day,28088
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