Sad day for Hub vets
it's veterans, i don care what's goin on here; cos i have my bros in Bean town!
so jus read this part to see what's goin on in Boston ( arghhhhhhhhhhhh)!
For the first time in decades - even with soldiers dying abroad daily - Boston had no Veterans Day parade because organizers feared neither crowds nor marchers would come.
“It’s sad to say they’re at the Veterans Day sales and the movie theaters,” said Boston Veterans Services Commissioner Eugene Vaillancourt.
“They decided they’d just rather have a ceremony at City Hall Plaza because there wouldn’t be any participants in the parade, plus the crowds wouldn’t be there on a Friday afternoon,” he said.
The parade has been held for decades, and, at least since Vaillancourt took over 18 years ago, the city has helped sponsor it.
With so many armed services members overseas, parade marchers were hard to come by. And the crowds that once lined the streets to cheer the city’s vets just aren’t showing up anymore, let alone on a Friday. Veterans Day is marked every Nov. 11, World War I’s Armistice Day anniversary, regardless of the day of the week.
“If lack of participation is the reason, then I guess that says a lot,” said David O’Connor, a Vietnam-era Army intelligence officer living in the South End. “If that’s the way things are, it’s just a shame.”
Members of Dorchester’s American Legion Post 65 had their own ceremony on their crowded front lawn along Gallivan Boulevard.
“A lot of people are pissed off, to be very frank about it,” said the post’s Frank McDonough, an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam. “This was the first time in all these years they never had a veterans thing, as far as the parade goes.”
“I think it’s disgusting, I really do,” said Richard McKeen, also a member of the Dorchester Legion post. “Not that the parade is anything, but let’s show a little respect to the veterans.”
Other events yesterday included a parade for veterans organized by the city of Cambridge, a memorial road race in Stoneham, and a benefit dinner for the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans
so jus read this part to see what's goin on in Boston ( arghhhhhhhhhhhh)!
For the first time in decades - even with soldiers dying abroad daily - Boston had no Veterans Day parade because organizers feared neither crowds nor marchers would come.
“It’s sad to say they’re at the Veterans Day sales and the movie theaters,” said Boston Veterans Services Commissioner Eugene Vaillancourt.
“They decided they’d just rather have a ceremony at City Hall Plaza because there wouldn’t be any participants in the parade, plus the crowds wouldn’t be there on a Friday afternoon,” he said.
The parade has been held for decades, and, at least since Vaillancourt took over 18 years ago, the city has helped sponsor it.
With so many armed services members overseas, parade marchers were hard to come by. And the crowds that once lined the streets to cheer the city’s vets just aren’t showing up anymore, let alone on a Friday. Veterans Day is marked every Nov. 11, World War I’s Armistice Day anniversary, regardless of the day of the week.
“If lack of participation is the reason, then I guess that says a lot,” said David O’Connor, a Vietnam-era Army intelligence officer living in the South End. “If that’s the way things are, it’s just a shame.”
Members of Dorchester’s American Legion Post 65 had their own ceremony on their crowded front lawn along Gallivan Boulevard.
“A lot of people are pissed off, to be very frank about it,” said the post’s Frank McDonough, an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam. “This was the first time in all these years they never had a veterans thing, as far as the parade goes.”
“I think it’s disgusting, I really do,” said Richard McKeen, also a member of the Dorchester Legion post. “Not that the parade is anything, but let’s show a little respect to the veterans.”
Other events yesterday included a parade for veterans organized by the city of Cambridge, a memorial road race in Stoneham, and a benefit dinner for the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans
posted by Keith at Saturday, November 12, 2005
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Hi there ..
forgot to let u know that ive lost your email address after reinstalling my pc. Hope u still keep mine. Hows everthing going?
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