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• Flags and Bunting. We have enough flags and bunting to decorate Cary Hall and <br />Keilty Hall (for the breakfast). <br />• Seat of Honor. A POW flag is needed for a chair. <br />• Essay Contest. There is nothing new to report on the contest. Because of a <br />change in school administrative staff and since the school curriculum is already <br />set for the academic year, the committee discussed the difficulty and time <br />constraint of trying to implement the contest this November. A motion was <br />made to skip this year's contest andBarbara Manfredi will work to reestablish it <br />for November 2014. The motion was accepted and approved. <br />• Publicity. Articles to the press will include information regarding the parade and <br />ceremony. <br />o Approvals. Parade and ceremony approvals need to be submitted. <br />Patriots' Day, April 21, 2014 <br />• Reenactment. Changes necessitated by security concerns are being planned. <br />• Parade. <br />• Our hope is that the application will be available on line. <br />• A request has been submitted for ten radios. <br />• It is important that Paul Revere and John Dawes arrive in town on time. <br />• Other. <br />• Some sort of outerwear to identify committee memberswill be discussed. <br />• Old Guard would like to be here for the event but funding is a factor. <br />Other Business <br />• Suzie and Linda shared their interest in making structural changes to the committee <br />and taking it in a new direction. The idea is in the early planning phase but <br />possibilities on how to restructure and recruit were discussed. A prospective new <br />member open house in late October was suggested where interested folks would <br />be invited for refreshments, or a buffet dinner, to hear members talk about their <br />own experiences and reasons for participating. Members were asked to e-mail <br />names of potentials to Suzie. <br />• VSO Ryan Lennon received a grant and help from the Lexington Rotary Club to <br />refurbish a memorial for a fallen member of the US Army Airbourne Division at the <br />town pool flag pole. The serviceman was a Lexington resident who died in the <br />1980's. His parents still reside in town. <br />Meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm <br />Respectfully submitted by Sandy Podgorski <br />