Showing posts with label honorflight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label honorflight. Show all posts

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Attention Franklin (MA) Veterans the next Coffee Social is scheduled for November, Nov 2, 2022 - 10 AM

Attention Franklin (MA) Veterans the next Coffee Social is scheduled for November, Nov 2, 2022 - 10 AM
Attention Franklin (MA) Veterans the next Coffee Social is
scheduled for November, Nov 2, 2022 - 10 AM

Franklin Vet Bob Crowley will give a brief discussion about his recent Honor Flight experience.

Join us for coffee and conversation on Wednesday, November 2 at 10:00 a.m. at the Franklin Senior Center.

Franklin Veteran Bob Crowley recently took an Honor Flight to visit the national memorials in Washington, DC. Bob will share photos and tell veterans how they can apply for an Honor Flight experience (at no cost) through Honor Flight New England.


Shared from Town of Franklin page ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/veterans-services/news/november-2022-coffee-social


Friday, June 17, 2016

In the News: former Dean campus police appeal, Honor Flight take Franklin veteran to WDC

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
"Former Dean College campus police officers are appealing a federal board’s decision to dismiss their case claiming they were wrongfully terminated just days after informing the school of their plan to form a union. 
The initial appeal was filed last month, but a supplemental brief filed last week calls into question the training and capability of TeamOps, the private security force that was hired to replace the school’s public safety officers."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20160616/former-dean-college-police-officers-want-wrongful-termination-case-heard-by-nlrb


"A local veteran of the Korean War will get the opportunity to tour various Washington, D.C. landmarks this weekend as part of the "Honor Flight" program. 
Joseph McManus, who served in the Navy for 20 years, is flying out on Sunday, and will be given a whirlwind tour before returning. The Honor Flight program looks to celebrate veterans by giving them an opportunity to reflect at memorials in the nation's capital. 
McManus, raised in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, joined the Navy out of high school in 1947. 
"The war had just ended, and I felt I had to do my duty," he said. "I had an algebra teacher who was a lieutenant in the Navy at the time, and he asked, 'Why don't you join the Navy?'"

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20160616/franklin-vet-to-travel-to-washington

My brothers and I had the opportunity to take our father to Washington, DC to see the memorials  in 2007 and he talked of the trip for the rest of his lif
My brothers and I had the opportunity to take our father to Washington, DC to see the memorials
 in 2007 and he talked of the trip for the rest of his life


You can contribute to Honor Flight to enable trips to Washington DC for other veterans  http://www.honorflight.org/

Why Honor Flight? The Sherlock family answered that question when Jerry Sherlock passed away in 2012 and recorded those reasons here
http://jerrysherlockstory.blogspot.com/2012/02/why-honor-flight.html

Sunday, November 9, 2008

"it's walking on sacred ground"

Washington MonumentImage by shersteve via Flickr
GHS
Posted Nov 09, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

FRANKLIN —

Thursday afternoon, a group of veterans hovered over the bar at the Elks Lodge, drinking beer, teasing each other about hitting on women and badgering the manager for socializing instead of staying in the office.

But when talk turned to the reason for their gathering - their trip to Washington, D.C. to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., the men quickly became solemn, nostalgic and filled with pride.

"I had a brother, William, in the Air Force who passed. I want to see all the different memorials while I still can. I'm excited about it," said Frank DeRose, 83, a World War II vet who fought as an infantryman in the Normandy invasion.

DeRose said he was discharged with a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, "etc., etc.," after shrapnel slammed into his chest and right arm.

"I decided I wanted to see the memorial before ... any more years go by," he said, laughing.

Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here


In addition to the Elks, there is also a group called the Honor Flight Network that pays for the travel expenses of veterans to make the trip to Washington, DC. You can read more about Honor Flight here and here.


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