What's Happening In Westborough For Veterans Day 2022

WESTBOROUGH, MA — Westborough will have a full morning of activities on Friday to mark Veterans Day. This year, resident and Air Force veteran Adriana Baltimore will serve as the grand marshal.

Here's more from a Westborough Veterans Advisory Board news release:

The Westborough Veterans Advisory Board invites all veterans and members of the community to a morning of activities celebrating Veterans Day 2022. On this day in 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice was signed marking the cessation of hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany, thus creating Armistice Day, subsequently changed to Veterans Day. Over the years, the day of recognition of Veterans Day has changed, but in 1978 it was established as being celebrated on Nov. 11.

Activities have been planned at Veteran Memorials at Minuteman Park, St Luke's and Pine Grove cemeteries; Forbes Memorial Building, with Grand Marshall comments, and finally a short march to the town rotary at 11 a.m. to commemorate and celebrate Veterans Day. The community is invited to join all participants and Board members at the Knights of Columbus Hall for refreshments following.

Adriana Baltimore, a veteran serving in the early 50s, has been selected to be the 2022 Grand Marshall. Adriana enlisted in the Woman in the Air Force as soon as she was old enough to do on her own and served in a number of locations in administrative support elements. Following her last assignment, she was discharged from Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee.

Following her service years, she became active in the American Legion — for many years in the Boston area where she lived and worked, and recently in Westborough, becoming very involved as Post 163 is being reorganized and revitalized. She worked in support roles for a number of law firms in Boston before enrolling at the University of Massachusetts at age 60 and graduated cum laude at 67 with a BA in music and English.

Veterans Day Schedule/Wreath Presentations

• 9:30 a.m. — Minuteman Park
• 9:50 a.m. — St Luke's cemetery
• 10:10 a.m. — Pine Grove cemetery
• 10:30 a.m. — Forbes Municipal Building with Grand Marshall comments
• 11:00 a.m. — Rotary – at the 11th month, 11th day, 11th hour