AllstonBrighton Vets attended a Veterans Day service at the State House today with, among others, Gov. Baker, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
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
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.
By adamg - 11/11/10 - 9:45 am
Jim Sullivan introduces us to his stepfather, Bill MacDonald, who, it seems,
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 - 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:"
