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Minutes Town Celebrations Committee May 20, 2015 201 Bedford Street (small mtg. rm.) Members Present Lorain Marquis, Rich McDonough, Suzanne Caton, Linda Dixon, Carol Flynn, Karen Gaughan, Cerise Jalelian, Linda Levett, Barbara Manfredi, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy, Sandy Podgorski, Charlie Price, and Bob Tracey Members Not Present Suzie Barry, Paul Jenkins, Tanya Morrisett, Geetha Padaki, Dave Taylor and Sam Zales Guests : Sam Doran and Glen Bassett Business/ Memorial Day *The meeting was called to order at 7:00. *Minutes for the May 6th meeting were approved. * Sam Doran, who is a member of the John W. Hudson Club, spoke about this year being the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Sam is a wealth of information about grave sites that are recognized as being those of Lexington residents. Sam spoke about Dennis McMahon who was the last Lexington casualty. He died at the Andersonville Confederate Prison Camp. There will be flags put at Monroe cemetery for specific graves, including that of Thomas Cosgrove, a Medal of Honor winner. Sam has a prepared script for Memorial Day. * Glen Bassett will have the role of Narrator for the morning. Glen was introduced to the group and his background was noted. 12 years active duty in the Marines, 18 years in the Reserves. He retired in 2010 and his last command was at the Naval War College. Glen was also asked to read the Gettysburg Address. * Lorain went over some procedural concerns she had. She asked about introducing dignitaries. It was felt that a Master of Ceremonies was needed. Rich McDonough will handle this job. * Linda D. described the Memorial Day events and distributed the poster/handout made for the day. These will be passed out at Discovery Day and left at various high frequented spots in town. 500 handouts were made. The poster will be at Gina Rada's table at Discovery Day. Gina is the new Veteran's Services Officer for Lexington and Bedford. * Sandy, Bill, Rich Linda L. Suzanne and Bob offered to distribute the handouts before Monday. * Linda L. brought up that it might be advantageous to have a table at next year's Discovery Day. We could provide the public with a list of our events and explain what we do. * The group then discussed how to extend the ceremony at Westview. The group felt that the poem, "In Flanders Field" was a good and appropriate addition. * The meeting adjourned at 8:00. The next meeting will be on June 10th at 201 Bedford St. in the Cafe. Respectfully submitted by Barbara Manfredi, Co-Secretary