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Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
Sunday, January 26, 2025

Fallen Hero Recognition: William O. Martello - Jan 26, 2025 - 9 AM

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Memorial event today (1/26/25) at 9 AM on the Town Common Veterans Walkway to honor  William O. Martello .    This program will include the ...
Saturday, August 10, 2024

Boston Globe: "Monday is Victory Day in Rhode Island — a holiday worth reconsidering"

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"Rhode Island is the only state in the nation that observes a holiday to commemorate the victory over Japan in World War II. Now there’...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Fallen Hero Recognition: Gerald M. Parmenter - World War II - July 17, 2024 - 9 AM

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Memorial event today (7/17/24) at 9 AM on the  Town Common Veterans Walkway  to honor   First Lieutenant Gerald M. Parmenter, U.S. Army Air ...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Fallen Hero Recognition: Private First Class Lloyd M. Ellis, U.S. Army - June 12, 2024 - 9 AM

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There is a Fallen Hero Recognition event today (6/12/24) at 9 AM on the  Town Common Veterans Walkway  to honor  Private First Class Lloyd M...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Tri-County RVTHS Carpentry Students Build Pearl Harbor Display Case

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Juniors and Senior Carpentry Students Build New Cabinet for North Attleboro Town Hall Edward “Shorty” Ruest Antonio Morabito reached out to...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Veterans' Council Planning Trip to American Heritage Museum in Hudson

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The Franklin Veterans' Council has planned a bus (school bus) trip to the American Heritage Museum in Hudson on Saturday, October 15 ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Reminder: Second Sunday Speaker: Firestorm - Childhood Amidst the Ruins of War - Aug 14

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Our August Second Sunday Speaker Series features a name familiar to many in Franklin.  Firestorm:  A Childhood Amidst the Ruins of War   Wol...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Second Sunday Speaker: Firestorm - A Childhood Amidst the Ruins of War - Aug 14

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Our August Second Sunday Speaker Series features a name familiar to many in Franklin.  Firestorm:  A Childhood Amidst the Ruins of War   Wol...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

"Reconstructing History and Genealogy: Mom's WWII Letters" - Nov 10

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Join us for our next installment of our SECOND SUNDAY SPEAKER SERIES, Sunday November 10 = " Reconstructing History and Genealogy: Mom...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Staff Sergeant Anthony J. Mucciarone, Jr. written by Angela Baker

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I received the email in January, 2019: "My name is Angela Baker. I am a Franklin resident who is currently a college junior majoring ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

In the News: State starts planning for college closures; WWII MA Death records available online

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin: State starts planning for college closures "Higher education is d...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

One man's quest to find out about Sgt Timothy J Hayes

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Sgt Timothy J Hayes In the summer of 2013, one man walked among the graves in the American section of the cemetery in Normandy. He stopp...
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Friday, December 7, 2018

"it wasn’t like a day at a picnic"

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From the  Milford Daily News , articles of interest for Franklin : "It started out like the fragment of a dream, as the sleepers lay...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Fallen Heroes Series - Remembering

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When I shared the picture from the Boston Sports Club to Facebook earlier this week, I realized that it was 'only' last year that I ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Remember today

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Feb 19 is a special day in US history. It was the day that the Battle of Iwo Jima started in 1945 . The flag raising on Mt Suribachi is quit...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Who is that Franklin veteran?

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You had a bunch of fun around the holidays as we played "Where in Franklin?" The Historical Museum has a new set of photos of Wor...
Monday, November 18, 2013

"Not a bad day’s work"

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On April 14, 1945, Army Pfc. Howard Crawford stood atop a hill in western Germany, his only weapon a small "pea" gun, his only c...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Fallen Heroes - Booklet

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The booklet available for those attending the ceremony to unveil the street signs on May 15, 2011 marking the Fallen Heroes can be viewed he...

Aviation Radioman 2C John W. Wyllie, Jr., U.S. Navy

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Aviation Radioman Second Class John W. Wyllie, Jr., son of John and Elizabeth Wyllie, was born on December 4, 1922. John lived with his pa...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

Fallen Hero: Second Lieutenant John A. Schur, U.S. Army Air Corps

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Second Lieutenant John A. Schur was born on July 26, 1922, the son of Mr. and Mrs. August Schur. John lived at 124 Beaver Street with his ...