Showing posts with label Memorial Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memorial Day. Show all posts

Friday, May 12, 2017

What to know for those participating in the Memorial Day Parade

It's that time of year again to plan the annual Franklin Memorial Day Parade. 

The following information below will help you to inform your group, friends, families and visitors as to how to prepare for the parade. Many items will change this year, including our starting and drop off locations so please take note.

Participant Drop Off

  • Drop off will be done on Dean Avenue.

If your group is participating in this years parade please drop them off on Dean Avenue. DO NOT HAVE ANYONE IN YOUR GROUP STOP ON MAIN STREET FOR DROP OFF. This is very dangerous and the last few years we have had some close calls with children almost getting hit. This includes scouting troops and bands.

Parade Route:

The 2017 Parade route will begin at the Depot Street and Dean Bank and proceed up Main St (towards Church St.), take a left onto School, to a Right on W Central Street, then a Right on Beaver St until we reach the Town Common / Church Square. 

The parade will once again stop at the Dean Memorial, Union St and St Mary's Cemetery's. Please see the attached update Parade Route Sheet.


Parade Information:

Date: Monday, May 29, 2017

10:00 am: Muster: Group leaders must check in at the Dean Bank Parking Lot
10:30 am: Parade Starts
12:00 pm: Ceremony at the Franklin Town Common


What We Need From You:

Reply to Matt@RealLivingRealtyGroup.com with your Troop, Group, Band information, contact person and estimated amount of participants in your group. ALL participants must reply by May 15th

Forward this information to anyone who may need it in your Group, Troop, Band, or Organization to the email Matt@RealLivingRealtyGroup.com with any questions.

It’s a Good Life, 
CEO / Owner
WWI Doughboy on the Town Common
WWI Doughboy on the Town Common



Sunday, April 30, 2017

Sign up now for the Veterans’ Memorial Day breakfast - May 26

The Veterans’ Memorial Day breakfast honoring Franklin veterans is scheduled for Friday, May 26, 2017, 9:00 a.m. at the Franklin Senior Center and hosted by Franklin’s Veterans’ Services. 

Korean War veterans and families will be recognized at the breakfast. 

All veterans are invited! 

Sign up at senior center or call: 508.520.4945 seating is limited – sign up soon!

Sign up now for the Veterans’ Memorial Day breakfast - May 26
Sign up now for the Veterans’ Memorial Day breakfast - May 26

This was shared from the Town of Franklin webpage
http://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/news/memorial_day_breakfast_flier_for_senior_center_0.pdf


Monday, May 30, 2016

Parade Canceled - Noon Ceremony to be held as planned


Due to today's rain the 2016 Memorial Day Parade has been cancelled.

The 12:00 noon ceremony on the common will continue as planned.

Memorial Day is a day to honor our Veteran's, especially the Veterans that have left us over the past year. As a community we continue to have the important task of ringing the watch and sounding the taps for our deceased Veterans.

We ask that you join us at 12noon on the Franklin Town Common in honoring our Veterans that have gave us the freedoms that we have today.

Matt Kelly
Parader Coordinator
Franklin Rotary Club

WWI Doughboy on the Town Common
WWI Doughboy on the Town Common

Memorial Day Events

Parmenter School will hold their Memorial Day ceremonies on Tuesday, May 31. The ice cream social is scheduled for June 1.





  • Milford Daily News covers the Memorial Day event at Jefferson Elementary

http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20160529/franklin-jefferson-elementary-students-observe-memorial-day


Boston Common flag garden - 2016

If you got to the Boston Common this weekend, you might have seen the flag garden.
"Each of the 37,000 flags we plant at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument will represent every brave Massachusetts service member who gave his or her life defending our country since the Revolutionary War."
plaque noting the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund and acknowledging John Hancock as a sponsor
plaque noting the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund and acknowledging John Hancock as a sponsor 

a view of the flag garden
a view of the flag garden

another view of the flag garden
another view of the flag garden

Video I captured on Thursday during my lunch break:




Follow the link for a time lapse video of putting the flags in the garden
http://www.massmilitaryheroes.org/our-work/community-building-events/public-program-events/memorial-day-flag-garden-planting/


Note: I am employed by John Hancock, one of the prime sponsors of the flag garden

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Library Closed - Sunday/Monday for Memorial Day weekend

The Franklin Public Library has relocated to 25 Kenwood Circle while renovations on the building are conducted. It operates from Kenwood Circle for its normal hours. However, this Sunday and Monday it is closed for the Memorial Day weekend.


The Franklin Public Library will be closed on Sunday and Monday for the Memorial Day weekend
The Franklin Public Library will be closed on Sunday and Monday for the Memorial Day weekend

For additional information about the Franklin Library, visit them on the Internet at  http://town.franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_TownLibrary/index


Saturday, May 28, 2016

Memorial Day 2016 - Parade Route, Schedule, and Program

Parade Information:

  • Date: Monday, May 30, 2016
  • 10:30 am: Parade Starts
  • 12:00 pm: Ceremony at the Franklin Town Common

Parade Route:

The 2016 Parade route will begin at Depot Street and Dean Bank and proceed up Main St to Church St., take a left onto School, to W Central Street, then to Beaver St until we reach the Town Common / Church Square. 
The parade will once again stop at the Dean Memorial, Union St and St Mary's Cemetery's. 





BFCCPS marching in the 2015 Memorial Day parade
BFCCPS marching in the 2015 Memorial Day parade

The program for Memorial Day 2016




Sunday, May 15, 2016

Memorial Day - Veterans Breakfast


This event honors Franklin’s Veterans and is held at the Franklin Elks Lodge on Pond St. It is scheduled for Friday, May 27, 2016 at 9:00a.m.

Hosted by Franklin’s Veteran Agent, Dale Kurtz

Seating is limited. Sign up at the Senior Center by calling (508)-613-1315
or RSVP by email dkurtz@franklin.ma.us

one of the many war memorials on the Franklin Town Common, this one commemorates World War I
one of the many war memorials on the Franklin Town Common, this one commemorates World War I

Friday, May 13, 2016

Special Memorial Day Promotion at Emma's Quilt Cupboard and Sewing Center


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SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY PROMOTION
This year I wanted to do something special to honor the memory of our fallen heroes. So I've found a very special way to do that.

The Memorial Day Flowers Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization partnering with civic groups, florists, and small business owners to put long-stemmed roses on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day. They have been doing this since 2011 in Arlington National Cemetery (last year placing 120,000 roses) and in hundreds of communities all across the country!

I made arrangements with the Foundation to have 250 roses delivered to the shop just before Memorial Day weekend. Because of this purchase, The Memorial Day Flowers Foundation will place 150 additional roses on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day.

So that we too can participate in this important celebration this Memorial Day, I'm inviting you to come to our shop on the Saturday and Sunday before Memorial Day and take a free flower to place on the grave of a veteran in your local cemetery. If you don't have a deceased family member who is a veteran, you can still take a flower and decorate the grave of ANY veteran to remember them.

Please note that I have 250 flowers being delivered. This offer is only good while supplies last, so come in early to ensure you get a rose.

It would be great if you would take pictures of your families decorating the graves and post them on our Facebook page or send them to me via email. I'd like to make a collage of our celebrating this important holiday to remind us all of what this day is truly about.

Another exciting part of this promotion is that we will be presenting some Quilts of Valor quilts to a few recipients on Saturday  . Deb Brazil will be at the shop representing the Quilts of Valor organization and will conduct the ceremony. So if you are interested in seeing real time how much the recipients appreciate receiving a special quilt, come to the shop on Saturday, May 28 . When we finalize the exact time, I will send out an email to confirm the details. So save the date!
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Emma's Quilt Cupboard & Sewing Center
Emma's Quilt Cupboard and Sewing Center
12 Main Street
Franklin, MA 02038
(508) 520-0234
http://www.emmasquiltcupboard.com/
Store Hours
Mon-Sat: 10 am-6 pm
Sun: 12 noon-4 pm




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Monday, May 9, 2016

Memorial Day Parade - schedule and route

Parade Information:

Date: Monday, May 30, 2016

10:30 am: Parade Starts

12:00 pm: Ceremony at the Franklin Town Common


Parade Route:

The 2016 Parade route will begin at Depot Street and Dean Bank and proceed up Main St to Church St., take a left onto School, to W Central Street, then to Beaver St until we reach the Town Common / Church Square. 
The parade will once again stop at the Dean Memorial, Union St and St Mary's Cemetery's. 




BFCCPS marching in the 2015 Memorial Day parade
BFCCPS marching in the 2015 Memorial Day parade