Watercolors by Dan McCole

Watercolors by Dan McCole Early on, Dan chose watercolor as his preferred medium

Dan McCole, a native of South Boston, Massachusetts, is a graduate of Vesper George School of Art, completing a full three-year course in fine arts and illustration.

I'll be back the 2025 Cape Cod Irish Festival at the Cape Cod Irish Village this weekend. Stop by and say hello. Live ...
03/06/2025

I'll be back the 2025 Cape Cod Irish Festival at the Cape Cod Irish Village this weekend. Stop by and say hello. Live Music Dancing free parking. The best way to start your St. Patrick's Day Week.

The best gift to bring to the St.Patricks Day party. Call for appointment 708-610-0033 or Stop by at the Cape Cod Irish...
02/23/2024

The best gift to bring to the St.Patricks Day party. Call for appointment 708-610-0033 or Stop by at the Cape Cod Irish Festival at the Cape Cod Irish Village 65 Scudder Ave. Hyannis. March 8-9, 2024.

Please stop by and say Hi. I will be there all weekend!
02/21/2024

Please stop by and say Hi. I will be there all weekend!

Thank you Bill! We have your 6.
01/07/2024

Thank you Bill! We have your 6.

Dan McCole. 516 East Second Street So Boston. 708-610-0033. Watercolorsbydanmccole@gmail.com
12/19/2023

Dan McCole. 516 East Second Street So Boston. 708-610-0033. [email protected]

Signatures of recipients of the United States Congressional Medal of Honor {the highest recognition of military valor aw...
11/10/2023

Signatures of recipients of the United States Congressional Medal of Honor {the highest recognition of military valor awarded to members of the US armed services) are highlighted on a reception poster for the 2006 Congressional Medal of Honor Society at their annual meeting in 2006. The framed print of the art is on permanent display in the guest’s business office of the Seaport Hotel. Unfortunately it is missing the signature of one of the most outstanding awardees.
John Finn was a school dropout … a 17 year old Navy recruit in 1926 … a 35 year old Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy … and at the time of his death the 100 year old Naval veteran was the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient … the last living recipient from the attack on Pearl Harbor … and the last United States Navy recipient of World War II.
On September 14,1942 the first Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism given in World War II was awarded to the 35-year-old Chief Petty Officer.
John Finn was born on July 24, 1909. He dropped out of school after the seventh grade in 1926 and enlisted in the Navy shortly before his seventeenth birthday.
As a Chief Petty Officer John Finn served as an aviation ordnanceman stationed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay on the island of Oahu in Hawaii in December 1941. He was a chief aviation ordnanceman working primarily on anti-aircraft guns.
At 7:48 a.m. on the morning of Sunday December 7, 1941, Finn was at his home, about a mile from the aircraft hangars, when he heard the sound of gunfire. He drove to the hangars and found that the airbase being attacked by Japanese aircraft, with most of the American aircraft already on fire.
Chief Petty Officer Finn wasted no time in locating a .50 caliber machine gun used for gunnery training and attached the gun to a movable tripod platform, then pushed the platform into an open area from which he had a clear view of the attacking aircraft. He fired on the Japanese planes for the next two hours, even after being seriously wounded. He received 21 wounds, including a bullet through his right foot and an injury to his left shoulder, which caused him to lose feeling in his left arm. However, Finn returned to the hangars later that day and helped re-arm the surviving American planes.
Finn was formally presented with the first Medal of Honor awarded in World War II by Admiral Chester Nimitz, for courage and valor beyond the call of duty.
He continued to serve in the Navy eventually rising to lieutenant before his 1956 retirement. In his later years he made many appearances at events celebrating veterans.
John Finn died in 2010, a 100 year-old Naval veteran and Medal of Honor recipient.
He was honored at the annual Medal of Honor Society reception celebrated in Boston in 2003.
John Finn died after the Society’s annual reception in 2006 and somehow his signature is missing from the signed print framed and hanging in the business offices of the Seaport hotel.

Saturday October 7, 2023. The South Boston Street Festival. Please stop by and say hello.
10/03/2023

Saturday October 7, 2023. The South Boston Street Festival. Please stop by and say hello.

Please no raindancing! Next Saturday will be the South Boston Street Festival! October 7, 2023. Stop by my tent i...
10/02/2023

Please no raindancing! Next Saturday will be the South Boston Street Festival! October 7, 2023. Stop by my tent in front of Walgreens.

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