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City Honors its Veterans at Annual Dinner Dance

Boston USPS District Manager Mike Rakes, John Leone, Sebastian Vanegas, and Revere Veterans Agent Marc Silvestri are shown with the new USPS stamp dedicated to the end of WWI, which was unveiled at the Beachmont VFW Post 6712’s annual Veterans Day Dance last Sunday. See more photo highlights on page 12-13. (Advocate photo by Al Terminiello)

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“Since we don’t believe that there was any intentional criminal intent, there won’t be any charges,” Police Chief James Guido said Wednesday night. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dianne Kelly said Wednes-

day afternoon that the bus monitor, whose name she declined to release, will be on paid administrative leave, pending an investigation. “Any person demonstrating an inability to safeguard children will not be employed by

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Veterans Day celebrated well at Paul Revere School

Shown during the City’s Veterans Day ceremonies at the Paul Revere School last Thursday morning are, from left to right: World War II and Korea Veteran Charles Mackin; David Walker, who served in Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf and Jordan; caretaker Pamela Anderson; Jerry Ianniciello, who served in the Vietnam Era; World War II Veteran Morris Morris; and William Reedy, S4/62 U.S. Army. (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)

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t was standing room only for the two-hour, in-depth Veterans Day ceremony at Paul Revere Innovation School early Thursday morning. “Because they didn’t, we receive,”Veterans Services Officer Marc Silvestri said at the podium. “Every day should be Veterans Day. God Bless America, and God Bless the Paul Revere School.”

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Children in the chorus, who were dressed in red, white and blue, patriotically waved flags while singing hits like “God Bless the U.S.A.,” “All You Need Is Love” and “What a Wonderful World.” They also shared about Veterans Day. Sgt. Dan Clark traveled from the Cape Cod area to give students the opportunity to shout like the Marines, Air Force and Navy. Students wrote their own thoughts about Veterans Day and shared them at the podium. Bianca Pineda gave some facts about the Vietnam War. She said over the 20-year war, 58,220 U.S. soldiers and 1.1 million Vietnamese soldiers died. “Thank you for the peace you have brought into my life,” Bianca said. “You have made it safe for me to go to school, walk in public and do the simplest things that mean so much to me. You risked your life for my family and I, which takes a lot of courage, so I will honor you until the day I die.” Leena Kistas said that the Vietnam War was the longest U.S. combat force appreciation, where 2.7 million troops served in the war. She thanked them for their courage. “I personally don’t know the experience of being a veteran, but I think that it would be a lot of hard work,” Leena said. “I mean – all of the training, practicing and hard things like that.” Siobhan Zierten said his

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