Join Burlington's Veteran Days Ceremonies Monday Morning

The following is a notice from Burlington Director of Veterans Services Robert Hogan: 

The Burlington Office of Veterans Services wishes to invite everyone to join us, for our 2013 Veterans Day Ceremony.

The year 2013 has a number of significant anniversaries, a couple of which we will be celebrating and remembering on Veterans Day, this Monday, November 11, 2013 at 9 A.M. on the town common.

Burlington Disabled American Veterans, William Hurley Chapter  #113 will be our host service organization this year, and in addition to raising the U.S. Flag to begin the program, we will be acknowledging the loss of William Hurley, who died in the final days of the Korean War. The DAV will be placing a wreath in honor of William Hurley and the more than one million men and women who served in that terrible war. The Armistice ending hostilities was signed in 1953, sixty years ago.

We will also remember the year 1973, 40 years ago, when 591 POWs in Vietnam were released. There will be a special raising of the POW/MIA Flag to remember the release of men who were in captivity as long as eight years, and Burlington’s lost son, Richard Harper who flew off on a mission, never to return. We also have five MIA from World War – Two. They are: Henry Crogan, Ernest Everett, Wallace Oldford, Lennart Rabenius, and Robert Miller.

We will also be re-raising the 5 service flags by local veterans, for the first time on a Veterans Day. Local veterans from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force will be raising the service flags during the ceremony.

Our guest speaker will be the Executive Officer from the US Coast Guard Base, Boston, Commander Lara Allison. We will also hear from Selectmen Dan Grattan, and State Representative Ken Gordon.

The Burlington High School Marching Band will be performing a set of patriotic songs.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday morning.

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