This month's program is “World War I: The Final Year of Conflict and the Devastating Impact of the Great War on the European Civilization,' presented by Dan Leclerc.
Dan is a career educator who worked as a high school history teacher for 20 years and as a central office administrator for another 20 years, retiring as Assistant Superintendent of Schools in the Ashland, MA public school system. He was a 2nd Lt. in the Massachusetts National Guard for 6 years in the late 1960’s. He was trained in artillery school at Fort Sill, OK. Where he resides in Belmont, MA, Dan has served as a member of the School Committee and the Board of Selectmen, and is currently the Vice-President of the Belmont Historical Society and a board member of the Council of Aging. He continues his interest in the history of the Western Front from 1914-1918, and has traveled to France four times to visit various World War I Western Front battle sites.
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Please join us for this Program, as all are welcome. Coffee is generously provided by Starbucks (Lexington Center, Scott LeBlanc, Manager). When you patronize this Starbucks coffee shop, please thank them for their long-time, continuing support of the Lexington Veterans’ Association. Also, special thanks to those attendees who bake or bring cookies/cake to our programs: this is greatly appreciated.
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