By Beth David, Editor
Fairhaven honored veterans with its annual Veterans Day parade on 11/11/23. The parade began at Benoit Square and marched down Main Street to Fairhaven High School for the raising of the Big Flag and a ceremony.
Speakers included Fairhaven’s new Veterans Services Officer Michael Jenney; US Navy Senior Chief Larry Jones; and Fairhaven Select Board Chairperson Leon Correy.
The video will be available at FairhavenTV.com in the coming days, under Fairhaven Community Media.
Acushnet also held its annual ceremony at the Veterans Memorial on Main Street at Pope Park. The program included remarks by Selectboard chairperson Kevin Gaspar; patriotic music by bagpipers and the Ford Middle School choir, as well as recorded music; the pledge of allegiance; laying of the wreath; a flyover by a US Coast Guard helicopter; and a moment of silence for a veteran who died this year.
The video is available on the town’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS42-7Tr2vY
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- Members of Fairhaven Boy Scout Troop 52 march in the Fairhaven Veterans Day Parade on 11/11/23. Photo by Margie Green Joseph.
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- Volunteers raise the Big Flag at Fairhaven High School during a ceremony after the Veterans Day Parade on 11/11/23. Photo courtesy of James Mahaney.
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- The Rolling Thunder Motorcycle club makes sure POWs and MIAs are not forgotten with this float in the Fairhaven Veterans Day parade on 11/11/23. Photo by Margie Green Joseph.
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- Members of Fairhaven Boy Scout Pack 52 march in the Fairhaven Veterans Day Parade on 11/11/23. Photo by Margie Green Joseph.
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- Veterans of the US Navy march in the Fairhaven Veterans Day parade on 11/11/23. Photo courtesy of James Mahaney.
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- Fairhaven Veterans Services Officer Michael Jenney speaks during the ceremony after the Veterans Day Parade on 11/11/23. Photo courtesy of James Mahaney.
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- US Navy Senior Chief Larry Jones speaks during the ceremony after the Fairhaven Veterans Day Parade on 11/11/23. Photo courtesy of James Mahaney.
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- Chuck “Hell On Wheels” Cromwell rides his scooter in the Fairhaven Veterans Day Parade on 11/11/23. Photo by Margie Green Joseph.
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- Veterans of the US Coast Guard march in the Fairhaven Veterans Day parade on 11/11/23. Photo by Margie Green Joseph.
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