Parade 10:30 am

Town Common Ceremony 12:00 pm

And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. ~Lee Greenwood

Special Thanks to:

VFW Post 3402 / Franklin Rotary Club American Legion Honor Guard / Franklin Scouting Organizations

Franklin Police Department / Franklin Music Programs / Franklin Interfaith Council / Judith Pond Pfeffer / One Stop Auto /

Joseph Halligan / Bobby Costello /Dean College

Franklin, Massachusetts

Parade Information Route: Begins at Dean Bank on Main Street, to the Dean Memorial, left onto School

Street, Right on to W Central Street (stopping a the Union Street Cemetery), to

a right on Beaver Street (stopping at the St Mary’s Cemetery) and continuing

on to the Franklin Town Common.

Procession is stopped and wreaths are placed at the following locations

Dean Memorial Union Street Cemetery

St Mary’s Cemetery War Memorial—Town Common

Memorial Day Program

At The Franklin Town Common (Church Square)

Monday May 29, 2017

12:00 Noon

Program

Welcome

Raising the Flag

Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation

National Anthem

Speaker

Proclamation

Memorial Day

Placing of Memorial Wreaths

Reading the Honor Roll &

Ringing the Watch

Rifle Salute and Taps

Closing of Program /

Benediction

Matthew Kelly , Chairman

Franklin Town Council

American Legion

Boy Scout Troup 126

Reverend Dee Woodward Saint John’s Episcopal Church

Franklin High School Marching Band

State Representative - Jeffrey Roy

Dale Kurtz—Franklin Veteran Agent

A Poem by Boy Scout Troop 126

Franklin Girl Scouts & Brownies

VFW Post #3402

American Legion & FHS Buglers

Reverend Dee Woodward Saint John’s Episcopal Church

All Active Duty, Reserves, and Veterans are welcome to participate in the parade in uniform if

possible. Each unit is requested to be at the Franklin Historical Museum (80 West Central St,

Franklin) at 10:00am in order to ensure that the Memorial Day Parade and Service begin on time.

Vehicles are available for those veterans who do not wish to walk the parade route.

~ Franklin Honor Roll ~ Name DOD War Service

Paul Adolph Hunchard, Sr. 5/4/2016 WWII Coast Guard

Charles James Hasenfus 6/21/2016 Korea Air Force

Robert G. Garty 6/24/2016 WW II Navy

Camillo Anthony Pasquino 6/24/2016 WWII Army

Robert M. Vose 6/24/2016 Korea Navy

Robert L. Griffin 6/26/2016 Vietnam Air Force Joseph J. Kutil, Jr. 7/11/2016 Korea Navy

David Cargill 7/14/2016 WWII Navy

Charles Shannon 7/14/2016 Peacetime Air Force

Howard Drew 7/21/2016 Korea Navy

Richard G. Ostrander 8/15/2016 Peacetime Army

Robert L. Kennedy 8/25/2016 Peacetime Army

Richard Healy 9/9/2016 Peacetime Army Paul Gately 9/17/2016 Vietnam Army

Richard F. Roscoe 9/21/2016 Korea Air Force

John F. Panda 9/26/2016 WWII Navy

Byron A. Pickering, Sr. 9/27/2016 Korea Army

Emilia K. Dean 10/8/2016 WWII Army

Anthony D. Masi 10/9/2016 Vietnam Army Ralph Johnson 10/11/2016 WWII Navy

Bruce H. Urquhart 10/11/2016 Vietnam Navy

William “Bill” Morrissey 10/14/2016 Vietnam Air Force

Gary J. Nicholson 10/14/2016 Peacetime Army

John Eliot Langley 11/9/2016 WII Navy

Donald “Dino” Martin 11/10/2016 Korea Army

Martin Duane Farnsworth 11/10/2016 Korea Navy Kenneth F. Vozzella 11/19/2016 Korea Navy

Michael Curran 11/22/2016 Peacetime Marine Corps

Francis M. Call 12/2/2016 WWII Navy

Joseph V. Freeman 12/2/2016 WWII / Korea Army

Francis J. Adams, Sr. 12/5/2016 Vietnam Marine Corps

Robert J. Wolfe, Sr. 12/10/2016 Korea Army/Navy

John C. Tulli 12/23/2016 WWII Army James A. Page 12/27/2016 Vietnam Army

Albert J. Briesciani 1/6/2017 WWII Navy

John “Ricey” Rice 1/8/2017 Vietnam Navy

Anthony R. Cornetta 1/14/2017 WWII Army

Raymond Tucci 1/17/2017 Korea Army

Joseph L. Leblanc 1/19/2017 Korea Army

Ray O. Oglesby 1/24/2017 Korea Navy Bruce F. Kushner 1/27/2017 Korea Air Force

Keith R. Blanchard 1/29/2017 Peacetime Army

Anthony J. Alberti 2/4/2017 WWII Army

William Newton 2/4/2017 WWII Navy

Louis Pisano 2/5/2017 WWII Army

William A. Ahern, Jr. 2/5/2017 WWII Army

Leo A. Gagnon 2/9/2017 Peacetime Navy Gerald R. Flynn 2/12/2017 Peacetime Navy

Steven Auerbach 4/7/2017 Vietnam Army

Ralph Hoar 4/7/2017 WWII Navy

Dominic J. Mele 4/9/2017 WW II Navy

Robert Brady 4/10/2017 Vietnam/Korea National Guard

Richard J. Obert Sr. 4/16/2017 Vietnam Air Force

John “Jack” Cunningham 4/19/2017 Korean War Air Force Paul F. Guindon 4/22/2017 Peacetime Marine Corps

William S. Nevins 4/24/2017 Korea Air Force

Thomas H. Roy, Sr. 5/4/2017 Army WWII

James W. Wood, Jr. 5/21/2017 WWII Navy