Politics & Government

Hingham to Dedicate Empty Chair For POW/MIA Community

A special Hingham ceremony will recognize the more than 92,000 Americans who remain missing from all the Nation's wars.

The Hingham Department of Veterans’ Services will dedicate an “empty chair” to pay tribute to the Prisoners of War/ Missing in Action community on Thursday evening.

The special ceremony will recognize the more than 92,000 Americans who remain missing from all the Nation’s wars. 

Before the ceremony, which is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Foyer, the Rolling Thunder motorcycle group  will pay tribute to the missing soldiers by riding from the Shipyard to the Town Hall.

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The special ride, which will include a police escort, will begin around 7 p.m.  at the Shipyard.

The “empty chair” ceremony will be attended by state and town officials and veterans including a 92-year-old Hingham former POW.  The Hingham Selectmen will even adjourn their meeting to pay tribute.

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At the ceremony, a plaque in memory of Hingham resident Brigadier General John J. Diggins, a Deputy Commander of all Army Reserve Forces in New England,  will be unveiled along with a black chair, which will remain on the Town Hall’s staircase landing. 

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