LEWISTON — Seven golden shovels stood upright in a mound of dirt Sunday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park. As a crowd of about 80 watched, Gold Star parents, veterans and politicians shoveled dirt, breaking ground for the planned Maine Gold Star Families Memorial Monument. Gold Star flags symbolize a family member who died serving in […]
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WWII Medal of Honor recipient to visit Lewiston to honor Gold Star families
LEWISTON — A World War II Medal of Honor recipient at Iwo Jima will join the festivities Sunday in Lewiston at a groundbreaking ceremony for a Gold Star Families Memorial Monument at Veterans Memorial Park. Hershel “Woody” Williams, the fourth-oldest living Medal of Honor recipient at age 95, is spearheading an effort to honor Gold […]
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Lewiston hosting ceremony Thursday for Vietnam War veterans
LEWISTON — Upon returning home from the Vietnam War in the 1960s and ’70s, veterans were often met with derision and scorn. They did not receive the respect and gratitude that veterans from other wars received. Saying it is long overdue for a grateful nation to thank those veterans for their service and sacrifice, Charlie […]
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Bench dedicated to Lewiston Vietnam War hero
LEWISTON — Thomas McMahon was driving his signature hearse with family and friends in Pennsylvania to visit his sister in the mid-1960s when they stopped at a gas station, his brother Michael recalled. The gas station attendant spotted someone lying in the back of the hearse. “The guy asked, ‘Is that guy dead?’ My brother […]
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Local veterans council lining up Memorial Day marchers
LEWISTON — The L&A Veterans Council will hold the annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony on Saturday, May 27. The parade will form at Kennedy Park at 8:30 a.m. and will leave at 9:30. The council is asking anyone interested to participate, such as musical units, honor or color guards, marching units, antique cars, military […]
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Dedicated Desjardins
Five members of a local military family will be honored at L-A’s Memorial Day event Retired Maj. Gen. Susan Desjardins had just finished giving a talk in New Hampshire a couple of years ago when an elderly gentleman approached her and said he knew her late father, Albert. Donat Veilleux had brought a copy […]
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Veterans to dedicate memorial bench in Der Boghosian’s honor
LEWISTON — Jerry Der Boghosian spent a lifetime advocating for veterans until his death last year at age 91. Veterans from Lewiston and Auburn will memorialize that commitment on Saturday. After a Memorial Day parade through the Twin Cities, veterans will unveil a stone bench in Der Boghosian’s honor, next to the granite monuments at […]