Hello on Memorial Day

Dear Friends,

Happy Memorial Day!
Thank you for all the people who have served our country both past and present, and those who continue to do so. Thank you to all the men and woman who made the ultimate sacrifice.
I read yesterday that we have lost 1000 military people in Afghanistan so far.

We have a 23 unit parade which starts at 10 A.M. this morning. They will be marching from our City Hall to a Soldier Memorial Park about a mile from our City Hall. There will be a flyby and a speech form some high ranking military guy who will be flown in by helicopter to our local airport.

Another Day went as planned.

We did some errands before we went off to the picnic which we were invited to. We arrived at 3 PM, and stayed until 9:30 PM. The party and bond fire in the back yard of the hostess was still going on when we left. We had a great afternoon of food, fun, and merriment!

There was an interesting mix of people at the party besides the members of our Irish Sister City group. The Mom of one of my former students was there, and she explained what it was like going through the birth of triplets. Each baby weighed only one pound, but each grew up with no ill affects of being so little at birth. The Mom thought she was having twins, but to her surprise there was an extra one. She had two boys, one of whom I had in class, and one girl. The married daughter and her husband, who our oldest son graduated with from Pittsfield High School, were at the party.
As we left the party, we saw some flashing lights of a couple of police cars about a quarter of a mile south of the party house. We saw a ocean sized boat tipped over on its side. It appeared that the tire on the boat trailer must have gone flat as the guy was making a turn, and the boat just tipped over on its side.

While at the party, people were discussing what they were going to be doing today. Some are volunteering to help out with the setting up of the various units, dispensing coffee and doughnuts, etc. The Veterans’ Affair officer, who was at the party on Sunday, is in charge of picking up the guest speaker at the airport. Rosanne Frieri is not only the Veterans’ Affairs officer for our City, but she is a member of our Irish Sister City Committee.

After the parade and ceremony, some people said that they were going to opening day at Wahconah Park for the new minor league baseball team. They are called the Colonials. The league is an independent one. The Coach of the team is a former Red Sox player named Brian Dauback. The friend said that they would be staying for the fireworks after the game. As soon as Linda heard the word “Fireworks”, she said that she wanted to go to the game too. Linda is like a little kid when it comes to fireworks.
The game and fireworks is not a definite since we are we are supposed to hook with two couples at some point today. We are finalizing the details for a trip together at the end of August with all three couples. I think that it will be one of those Chevy Chase Family Lampoon vacations, and it should be fun.

Well, I have some chores to do, some of which are noisy, but they need to be done.
Have a great Memorial Day!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad