The Traveling VietNam Veterans Memorial

http://www.vvmf.org/

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.