– Photos by Donald Norton

On Saturday, July 6, the City of Somerville honored Somerville resident Theodore “Ted”  Buttner by dedicating the corner of Walnut and Boston Streets as Theodore Buttner Square.

Buttner was a World War II Navy veteran stationed at Pearl Harbor. He received the World War II Victory Medal, American Theater Medal and Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal.

Buttner was struck and killed in January while crossing in a crosswalk after leaving St. Adelaide Church in Peabody.