The film captures the City of Quincy’s patriotic traditions and dedication of the Generals Bridge and Park in Quincy Center last fall featuring seven of the Generals, all of whom can be referred to as modern-day patriots.

The documentary captures the spirit of the Generals Bridge and Park dedication ceremony and features sit-down interviews with Dunford, McConville, Sullivan, McGinn, and Rand as well as Colonel Joseph Sweeney, son of Maj. General Charles Sweeney and David Keefe, son of Maj. Gen. Stephen Keefe, along with world-renowned sculptor Sergey Eylanbekov, who crafted the sculptures and busts that reside in the Generals Park.

Sweeney Talks About Wollaston

“In 1926 we moved from a rented house in downtown Quincy into our own home on Hamilton Ave in No. Quincy. I was the second oldest of six children. Our house was dominated by Catholicism, patriotism, and a belief in hard work and individual responsibility. Education was valued as a privilege. 

When I was 15, I landed a plum job as a caddie at the old Wollaston Golf Club [currently President’s Golf Club]. Wollaston was “the club” for the successful and politically connected Boston Irish at that time. . . I caddied for James Michael Curley, the Governor and former Mayor of Boston, and the future Francis Cardinal Spellman, a gracious and charming man. These men of prominence were heady company for a 15-year-old. The last time I saw Bishop Spellman at Wollaston was in 1935. Ten years later I would meet him again in Tinian Island in the Pacific when I was preparing for the atomic bombing missions, and he was appointed by President Roosevelt to be a chaplain for the US Armed Forces. I asked for his blessing, for our crew, our mission.”

-- Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, USAF, “War’s End: An Eyewitness Account of America’s Last Atomic Mission,” 1997