The Traveling VietNam Veterans Memorial
Memorial Park, Needham, MA
October 30 - November 2, 2008
Open to the Public 24 hours a day
Free of Charge
Sponsored by:
Town of Needham Board of Selectmen & Memorial Park Trustees
Lt. Manson H. Carter VFW Post 2498
Schedule of Events Opening Ceremony Thursday October 30, 2008
Master of Cermonies, John Logan, Veterans Agent
Posting of Colors - Needham Police Department Honor Guard
Needham Fire Department Honor Guard
National Anthem and Other Patriotic Selection- Pollard Middle School Treble Choir, Under the Direction of Cassandra Peterson
Pledge of Allegiance, Needham Girl Scouts & Needham Boy Scouts
Welcome & Introduction
James G. Healy, Chair Board of Selectmen, Charles Mangine, Memorial Park Trustee
Guest Speaker
Thomas Kelly, MA Secretary of Veterans Svcs. & Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Laying of Wreaths
American Legion Post 14, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2498
Reading of Needham Servicement Names, Tony Cefalo
Benediction, Reverend John Buehrens
Taps
2:00 pm Friday, October 31, 2008
Master of Ceremonies, Vire Department Veteran
Names of Massachusetts Servicement Read
Benediction, Reverend Heidi Fieldston
Taps
The Three Servicemen Vietnam Women's
War Memorial
12:30 pm Saturday, November 1, 2008
Master of Ceremonies, Thomaqs Leary, Needham Police Chief & Vertera
Posting of Colors - American Legion Post 19 Somerville & Boston Military Pocessing Station
National Anthem
Detective Sergeant Pauline Carter Wells, Cambridge Police Department
Plege of Allegiance - Needham Girl Scouts & Needham Boy Scouts
Flyover - UH (Huey) Det 1 Med Co (Air Ambulance) RI Army National Guard
Guest Speaker
Lieutenant General Ted F. Bowids - Commander, Electronic Systems Center Hanscom Field
Lieutenant(I.g.) Thomas J. Hudner, US Navy, Congressional Medal of Honor
Kevin O'Connor, Director of Veterans Vervices Tyngsborough
"To the Wall They Came" by Trish Sullivan
Benediction Reverend Caroline Edge
Taps
2:00 pm Closing Ceremony Sunday, November 2, 2008
Master of Ceremonies
Tom Keating, Commander, Veterans of oreign Wars Post 2498, Needham
Posting of Colors
Boston University AFROTC Det 355
National Anthem and other Patriotic Selections
Needham High School Marching Band, Gerard Gagnon
Pledge of Allegiance, Needham Girl Scouts & Needham Boy Scouts
Welcome - Co-Chairs The Wall That Heals Committee
John Bullian, Board of Selectmen, Dave DiCicco, Memorial Park Trustees
Remarks
Senator Scott Brown, Representative Lida Harkins, James G. Healy, Chair Needham Board of Selectmen, Ron Sockol, Chair Memorial Park Trustees
Guest Speakers
Bryan O'Brien, VFW National Sergeant of Arms will introduce
Paul A Spera, Vietnam Veteran, Past Commander in Chief, VFW
Benediction, Rabbi Jay Perlman
Bagpipers, Massachusetts State Police
Taps
The graphic was designed for this event by Charles Wright.
Special Thanks to Tony Cefalo who in 1984 donated the land on Sunset Road to the Town as the location for Vietnam Veteran's Memorial for those veterans who gave their lives during that war.
