Patriots Day in Medford Monday, April 18
|Updated 5:28PM Thursday, April 14, 2011
The Medford Police Honor Guard participate in the city’s annual Patriots Day ceremony last year at the Old Salem Street Burial Ground. Photo by Laurie Arena.
City of Medford’s Patriots Day Ceremonies
Monday, April 18, 2011, 10 AM
Part 1, Medford City Hall
Welcome
Staff Sergeant Brendan Hamm, United States Marine Corps, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, Master of Ceremonies, Assisted by Corporal Patrick Barge & Sergeant Bruce Laureiro, United States Marine Corps, and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran
Raising of the American Flag
“The Star Spangled Bannerâ€
Gia Greene, Medford High School Student & Medford Police Department Honor Guard Unit & Representative from the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard
“Concord Hymn†By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thomas Vienneau, 6th grade student, McGlynn Middle School
POW/MIA Flag Raising
“Amazing Grace,†performed by Medford High School Band
Please proceed to Old Salem Street Burial Ground
Welcome
Staff Sergeant Hamm
Pledge of Allegiance
Cub Scout Pack #423, Saint Joseph’s Parish
Invocation
Reverend Hank Peirce, Unitarian Universalist Church
Guest introductions and reading of Governor Deval Patrick’s Patriots Day Proclamation
Mayor Michael J. McGlynn
“Battle Hymn of the Republicâ€
Medford High School Band
Patriots Day Remarks
City Council President Robert A. Maiocco
“America the Beautiful” & Decoration of the Graves
Medford High School Band & Cub Scouts
Benediction
Reverend Hank Peirce, Unitarian Universalist Church
“God Bless America”
Gia Greene
Salute & Taps
American Legion, Post 45, Firing Detail, & Soloist, Medford High School Band
Please proceed to Gaffey Funeral Home, High Street, to await arrival of Paul Revere
“The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere”
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Read by Brooke Parziale, Grade 7, McGlynn Middle School & Jazir (JJ) Jalal, Grade 6, McGlynn Middle School
– Information from Mayor Michael McGlynn’s office