Memorial Day Parade - 2015 (photo essay)

Here are the photos taken at the Memorial Day Parade as it made its way up Main St in Franklin, MA passing in front of Dean College.

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Memorial Day - Parade Schedule and Route

Thanks to Councilor Matt Kelly for providing the updates to share.

Memorial Cemetary Visits before the Parade

Memorial Day 2015 - Schedule

Parade Route:

The 2015 Memorial Day Parade route will begin at the Franklin Fire Station and proceed up Main St to Church St. The parade will no longer go down School St, Union St, or Beaver St. The parade will not stop at Union St or St Mary's Cemetery's (Ceremonies at both locations are scheduled to occur before the parade itself.)

Please see the update Parade Route.

Memorial Day 2015 - Parade Route

Parade Information:

Date: Monday, May 25, 2015

Muster: 10am -10:15am 
- Group leaders must check in at the Franklin Historical Museum "Hats Off to Franklin" statue

Parade: 10:45 am

Ceremony: 12noon at the Franklin Town Common


You can download and print this one page schedule and map




https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0wjbnXDBhczZzd0dWQycWtoejhTbWhpRDdTcm53aC12QTI0/view?usp=sharing


Information on the 2015 parade was posted here on May 6th
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/05/2015-memorial-day-parade-information.html

honor guard from 2014 Memorial Day Parade

Honor Massachusetts Veterans This Memorial Day

There are more than 40 parades around MA this Memorial Day. Oddly, the Franklin parade is not listed so there may be well more than the 40 listed. 

There are more than 40 Memorial Day parades scheduled this year in cities and towns across Massachusetts. Check with your municipality or the sponsor that organizes the parade in your area for start times and routes.

If you make your way to Boston, there is a flag garden set up on the Boston Common. 37,000 flags are set up to commemorate the more than 37,000 who have died defending us from the Revoluntionary War though the present conflicts.

I work in downtown Boston now so I managed to have lunch at the Public Garden and include a stop by the Common to take these photos on Friday.

The flag garden is supposed to remain up through the weekend. I expect they would take it down no earlier than Tuesday.

flag garden - view 1

flag garden - view 2

flag garden - view 3

flag garden - view 4

flag garden - view 5

The MA Gov blog posting provides listing of other Memorial Day events
http://blog.mass.gov/blog/living-in-massachusetts/honor-massachusetts-veterans-this-memorial-day/

Live reporting: Closing

K. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT

thanks to Gus Brown for his work on all the affordable housing efforts

public hearing on the gas line, state hearing not federal or the gasline

bylaw on door to door coming after hours, had not registered and were out after 8pm; first response, don't answer the door, ask them to leave and call the police; there are legitimate reason to go but they need to register

thanks for beautification day, all the folks that donated the flowers and swaeat labor

National EMS week, congratulate them

attended presentation at the high school with Kennedy and others with the company who did the grant for the school lab equipment, thanks to them for that

RFP for the solar and other use on Pond St is out due back July 9th


L. OLD BUSINESS
none

M. NEW BUSINESS
Pfeffer - groups like the Art Association or Garden Club can't sell items under our bylaws and use rules, they can go to Norfolk to do so but can't do so here

Nutting- we'll be happy to look at it

Kelly - I want to talk about the door to door folks that were going around, there is no reason to have folks going around after 8:00 PM. I'd like to look at that in a future meeting

the train noise, what would a quiet zone cost them? Norfolk got their's before the Federal law passed

if we could at least control the noise

Freight train running overnight to deliver between 1:00 -3:00 AM


N. COUNCIL COMMENTS
Pfeffer - can we start the coalition
the committee did a fantastic job

Franklin Council on Aging - expressing approval on the increase in minimum wage for the tax workoff program

Kelly - can we get something on the webpage about the DelCarte
some change to the route for the Memorial Day parade and ceremonies this year

hoping to get more to the cemetaries with the separate schedule


O. EXECUTIVE SESSION

P. ADJOURN
motion to adjourn, passed 9-0

Updated: Franklin 2015 Memorial Day Paarade Route and Schedule

You may recall that the release of changes to the Memorial Day parade route and schedule earlier this month created several conversations. The Franklin Rotary Club have provided updated information to help clarify the changes and schedule. Thanks to Councilor Matt Kelly for providing the updates to share.

Memorial Cemetary Visits before the Parade

Memorial Day 2015 - Schedule

Parade Route:

The 2015 Memorial Day Parade route will begin at the Franklin Fire Station and proceed up Main St to Church St. The parade will no longer go down School St, Union St, or Beaver St. The parade will not stop at Union St or St Mary's Cemetery's (Ceremonies at both locations are scheduled to occur before the parade itself.)

Please see the update Parade Route.

Memorial Day 2015 - Parade Route

Parade Information:

Date: Monday, May 25, 2015

Muster: 10am -10:15am 
- Group leaders must check in at the Franklin Historical Museum "Hats Off to Franklin" statue

Parade: 10:45 am

Ceremony: 12noon at the Franklin Town Common


You can download and print this one page schedule and map




https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0wjbnXDBhczZzd0dWQycWtoejhTbWhpRDdTcm53aC12QTI0/view?usp=sharing


Information on the 2015 parade was posted here on May 6th
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/05/2015-memorial-day-parade-information.html

honor guard from 2014 Memorial Day Parade

Thanks to Councilor Matt Kelly and the Franklin Rotary Club for coordinating this event with the American LEgion, the VFW, Dean College, Franklin Police and numerous others.