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Parade & Poppies at Monday's Medfield Memorial Day Parade
The Medfield Memorial Day Parade is Mon., May 29, starting at 9:45 behind Town Hall and continuing to Baxter Park and beyond...
Annual Parade & Poppies at Medfield Memorial Day Parade
In honoring all those who perished serving in the military, attending the Medfield Memorial Day parade is an opportunity to do so.
The Memorial Day Parade starts at 9:45am behind the town hall on Janes Avenue, continuing to Baxter Park for a 10am ceremony. The parade will next stop at Vine Lake Cemetery where wreaths will be placed at Vine Lake and the Veterans Grave Lot. The parade will continue to the Dale
Street School for a ceremony on the steps at the entrance to the gymnasium.
In addition, once again the Medfield American Legion Auxiliary-post 110 will be distributing poppies at the Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 29.
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Please consider making a cash or check donation (payable to ALA-110) to the ALA poppy fund, or mail your check to Kim Bodozian, ALA-110, PO Box293, Medfield, MA 02052.
100% of donations collected for poppies go directly to benefit veterans at the VA hospital and the VA Boston Fisher House in West Roxbury.
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The Memorial Day Parade starts at 9:45am behind the town hall on Janes Avenue, continuing to Baxter Park for a 10am ceremony. The parade will next stop at Vine Lake Cemetery where wreaths will be placed at Vine Lake and the Veterans Grave Lot. The parade will continue to the Dale
Street School for a ceremony on the steps at the entrance to the gymnasium.
HISTORY OF THE POPPY:
By Samantha Saenz
“In 1915, a popular wartime poem sparked the inspiration of an American professor and humanitarian named Moina Michael. “In Flanders Fields”, written by Canadian Lt. Col. John McCrae, described the red poppies that grew between the graves of fallen soldiers during the funeral of his good friend and fellow soldier Lt. Alex Helmer.
The torch; be yours to hold it high! / If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies grow / In Flanders fields.
Moved by this verse by McCrae, Michael penned her own poem in response, “We Shall Keep the Faith,” as a personal vow to remember those who died. It was her words that first sparked the idea that has now become a beloved tradition: wearing a red poppy to honor those who have fallen in
battle.
In the 100-plus years since, poppies have become a global symbol of remembrance. But the story of this symbol and its relationship to Memorial Day began long before McCrae ever penned his famous poem.
