Veterans Day allows soldiers and civilians to come together and remember those who fought for their country and may have given the ultimate sacrifice.
It may have started off as a cold and windy Friday morning, but that did not stop people from pouring into St. Ignatius Church at Boston College for the 11th Annual Veterans Remembrance Mass. “Veterans know how to serve, especially in the worst of circumstances,” said Father Anthony Penna, who lead the Veterans Day service. Penna went to tell a story of unwavering courage, patriotism and solidarity that soldiers in Vietnam prison camps upheld. He spoke to the power of their belief in the greater good and their pure unwillingness to give up. Following the traditional Catholic Mass, more than 100 people headed over to the University’s Veterans’ Memorial on the Burns Library lawn for a remembrance ceremony. Cadet Robert Olp began the …
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The city of Newton honored its veterans Friday morning during a ceremony at American Legion Post 440.
"Every day in Newton is Veterans Day." It's a statement made a many ceremonies in Newton, and one that was repeated yesterday at the American Legion Post 440. "As John [MacGillivray] and the mayor said, every day in Newton should be Veterans Day and in America, every day should be Veterans Day," said Dan Magoon, an Army veteran, Boston firefighter and representative from the Massachusetts Fallen Heroes. "Today I want to thank veterans of every service and remember the ones we've lost. To me and to many Americans, it's a day to pay thanks to your neighbor, your teacher and in some cases, your politician, your firefighters, your cops; the men and women who have served this great nation." Despite the lack of electricity at the legion hall, …
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