What We Do
Presentation of Certificate of
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Wreath Laying on Veterans DayA special wreath laying took place at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in front of the Melvin Memorial sculpted by Daniel Chester French during Veterans Day 2017 to honor those who died in active military service.
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February EventRemembering Our Troops and Veterans
On Valentine’s Day we volunteered for the national salute to hospitalized veterans at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital by visiting with patients on a rehab ward and passing out Valentine balloons with cards made by local area children. We also remember our troops and veterans by donating needed clothing to the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford and donating funds to provide trees for troops at Christmas time. December ProgramDecember 2018 Luncheon Meeting
Members donated new toys for Toys for Tots program run by the Concord Fire Department which donates toys to families who cannot afford to buy gifts for their kids during the holidays. We donated over 50 new toys to families. |
November ProgramNovember 2018 Meeting at Harvey Wheeler Community Center
Presentation by Steven Taskovics on the military importance of fifes and drums with their various styles and locally documented sources of eighteenth century musician veterans: John Nixon, Jr. and Luther Blanchard. Steven Taskovics is a life-long fifer and has been a re-enactor since the bicentennial of the United States celebration of the American Revolutionary War in the 1976. He is currently the colonel of the recreated French unit Saintonge, and also in the Middlesex County Volunteers and in the Sudbury Militia Company. |