THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2023
SOUTH BOSTON ONLINE
VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74
Honoring Veteran’s Day By Carol Masshardt “If people walk by and ask about the meaning of the f lags, and I can explain how important military service is and why f lags are at half-staff and other things they may not know then I consider it Mission Accomplished,” sa id Foley Apartments resident Michael “Mike” Hayes. Every branch of the service is recognized by a f lag or banner outside the complex on Columbia Road, and without fanfare, it is a place where service and sacrifice are remembered. In large part, this is due to the efforts of Mike. You may even hear patriotic music on given days, but more likely is a man quietly unfurling a f lag or placing one in a garden. “Sometimes people get out of their cars and stand at attention for a few minutes,”
and that is a good neighborhood response. It is respect,” he said. Mike Hayes spent a short time in the Navy Reserves, but his passion for the military began at eleven years old. “I was the only child of a single mother, Caroline Hayes, living at Old Harbor/Mary Ellen McCormick. She said, ‘you’re not going to be running the streets or end up in jail or buried.’ She got me to the Fargo Building where the US Naval Sea Cadet Corp, a program started by President John F. Kennedy was located, and I became a cadet at eleven and stayed until eighteen.” The cadet environment appealed to Mike Hayes, in a way that his mother may have imagined. “There was a camaraderie, and I met kids from all over Boston and some from other parts of the state. What Continued on Page 3
A Sea of Flags
About 40 people, including some Boston Bruins, planted a sea of flags in honor of fallen heroes at the Massachusetts Fallen Heroes Memorial in the Seaport Wednesday afternoon. Andy Farrar (from left), 11-year-old David Collett, and Will Smith put the final touches on the last flags to be placed. Farrar and Smith are both with the Massachusetts Fallen Heroes organization. The flags, planted for Veterans Day, honor all of our brave servicemen and women who gave their lives for our country.
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