THE PRINT EDITION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020
VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74
October Snowstorm
Fitzgerald Post to Honor Veterans, Will Turn 100 “By the authority of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, the Thomas J. Fitzgerald Post 561 will celebrate its Charter’s 100th Anniversary on the 28th Day of November, 2020”
by Rick Winterson
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his coming We d n e s d a y, November 11, the 102nd Veterans’ Day/Armistice Day occurrence, the Thomas J. Fitzgerald VFW Post #561 will honor its veterans, and indeed all veterans, in its 69th Annual Veterans’ Day Memorial Service. At 9 a.m., November 11, Assembly will begin at Post Quarters, 715 East Fourth Street. An unveiling ceremony of the Charter Plaque commemorating
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the Post #561 Charter’s centurylong existence will then take place at 9:15. Soon after this unveiling, the guests will form up and march to St. Brigid Church (upstairs church) for a Veterans Memorial Service at 10 a.m. Post #561 Comma nder Thomas J. McCarthy invites all who read this to attend the unveiling and the Memorial Service. He has announced that, due to the COV ID-19 pa ndemic prec autions, t he Post’s usual annual Veterans Day Brunch cannot be held. However, beginning on Veterans’ Day, the Post will be accepting Christmas donations for the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home – hats, socks, scarves, toiletries, etc., for which the Home’s residents will always be grateful. On Saturday, November Continued on Page 3
It’s hard to believe it will be 65 degrees today, when last Friday it was 30+ degrees, the temperature was at or just above freezing, so the snow was heavy and damp. And the snow stuck to wherever it fell, including trees still in leaf, so it formed some unexpectedly beautiful snow scenes. The official accumulation was said to be 3.5 inches, but careful measurements late in the day around South Boston averaged four inches. (More Photos on Page 6).
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