AllstonBrighton Vets attended a Veterans Day service at the State House today with, among others, Gov. Baker, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
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Veterans Day
By adamg - 11/12/15 - 6:28 am
Peter Gelzinis reports how a BPD officer thanking the man on the bus at Columbia Road and Stoughton Street for his service put him at ease and let police disarm him.
By adamg - 11/11/15 - 3:07 pm
Jim Gavaghan shows us veterans from the Fitzgerald VFW post in South Boston marching to St. Brigid Church today for a remembrance service in honor of deceased veterans and war dead.
By adamg - 11/11/15 - 9:03 am
Seth Gitell writes about his father, a Green Beret who came back from Vietnam with PTSD - only they didn't call it that, or treat it, back then.
By adamg - 11/12/14 - 7:42 am
Photo by Michael Ivins, Boston Red Sox.
Wally, Sam Horn and three World Series trophies visited the VA Hospital in West Roxbury yesterday.
By adamg - 11/11/14 - 12:23 pm
On this Veterans Day, Heather Parker remembers her ancestor, John Parker, commander of the Minute Men on that fateful morning on Lexington Green.
The coat of arms of all the Reserves today is the Minute Man, the statue of my relative Captain John Parker which faces the Lexington Common who played a prominent role in the first battle of the War for Independence opening battles of the Revolutiom. Captain Parker's musket still hangs in the Senate Chamber of the Massachusetts State House.
By adamg - 11/11/10 - 9:45 am
Jim Sullivan introduces us to his stepfather, Bill MacDonald, who, it seems, should have gotten a Purple Heart - 65 years ago.
Meanwhile, the Daily Free Press interviews two Iraq War veterans now studying at BU - one who wants to re-enlist after he graduates, the other who regrets his service in Iraq.
By adamg - 11/11/08 - 8:30 am
Eileen posts a copy of a letter her grandfather wrote to his parents at the end of World War II from Okinawa:
... Reading the letter, I was reminded of the grandfather I knew, the one who made friends with everyone he met and used to slip me dollar bills when I was a kid, and always had cookies hidden in his pockets. Aging is perhaps life's greatest tragedy, but it helps to remember what a long and happy life he's led.
By adamg - 12/14/07 - 4:12 pm
Boston Municipal Court Judge Thomas C. Horgan today dismissed charges of disrupting a lawful assembly against 17 members of Veterans for Peace, related to their arrests at a Veterans Day commemoration at City Hall Plaza. The Suffolk County District Attorney's office says it plans to appeal.
By adamg - 11/12/07 - 12:05 pm
Oh yeah, it's Veterans Day, so what better time for Oldies 103 to go all Christmas all the time?
By adamg - 11/11/07 - 7:08 pm
Boston Police report arresting 18 people at City Hall around 2 p.m. today on charges of "disturbing a lawful assembly of people:"
The protestors, a group from an organization called Veterans for Peace, created a disturbance throughout the proceedings. On several occasions, police officers warned the group that if they continued to deliberately interrupt and disrupt the assembly they would face arrest. When offered an alternative location from which to protest from, the protestors refused.
By adamg - 11/11/07 - 5:21 pm
Jenny Frazier recounts tales from her Grampy:
... Grampy has some incredible tales from World War II. Now in his 80s, he suffers from Alzheimer's. His day to day memories are pretty much non-existent, which is hard, but the memories from his days serving the Marine Corps are so clear. And with every story we tell, he always has a counter-story from his Marine days. ... Thank you Grampy. Thank you all Veterans.
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