THE PRINT EDITION
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017
VOLUME XVIIII - ISSUE 3
World War I Association Chooses Edward Committee’s First Meeting Flynn for 2017 Chairman By Rick Winterson
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outh Boston Citizens’ Association President Thomas E. McGrath has announced that Edward Flynn of the U.S. Navy (Retired) will serve as General Chairman of the Association’s 2017 Evacuation Day commemoration by the SBCA Executive Board. “The executive board and I look forward to working with Ed, to ensure once again the success of this unique community celebration, the commemoration of the British evacuation of Boston in 1776,” said McGrath. “Eddie is a lifelong resident and active member of the SBCA his entire adult life. His dedication to the South Boston Citizens’ Association and the neighborhood of South Boston will continue to make it a great place for
all who live here. We are honored to list him as a member, and even prouder to name him this year’s General Chairman.” Ed Flynn enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1987 and retired from military service in 2014. While in the U.S. Navy, Flynn served on active duty at Joint Task Force Guantanamo, with the Navy’s 5th Fleet in the Persian Gulf and on the Iraqi oil platforms, and served on a U.S. Department of Defense task force in Washington, D.C., helping coordinate transportation services for the 2005 presidential inaugural. Flynn served as public affairs coordinator at the U.S. Naval War College and completed training in homeland secuContinued on Page10
First meeting of the South Boston World War I Commemoration Committee at the Fitzgerald VFW Post. (from l.) Mary Ryan, Bob Allison, Ed Flynn, John Allison, Kevin Conroy, Rick Winterson (not shown).
During this Years of Our Lord 2017 and 2018, World War I (WWI) and all its events will reach the century mark. Constant nation-to-nation controversy in Europe flared into WWI in 1914. The incident that began it was the assassination of the Archduke of Serajavo. Nearly 100 years ago, on Friday, April Continued on page 3
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