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Counting these units just approved, 49 units have been approved and confirmation letters have been sent out or will go out immediately. Patriots Day, Monday, April 17, 2017 The Patriots Day stakeholders meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 9, 10 am, in the Selectmen’s Room in the Town Office building. Lorain encouraged everyone to attend. The Old Guard will not be participating in any part of Patriots Weekend this year. The Committee discussed a request from Gina Johnson to display her memorial wall of heroes at an indoor location on Patriots Day as she can no longer participate in the parade due to logistical reasons. While the group felt that this would be too costly to consider, we will work with her to seek some solution, as Gina has been a strong and supportive partner in our Veterans Day activities. Lorain sounded out the committee on moving the Memorial Day ceremony indoors and making it more meaningful, citing weather concerns, long marching distances, and loss of crowd participation. This will be discussed at future meetings. In terms of budget, we have spent $21,480 so far on parade application requests. Paul Jenkins reported that George DiBonis of the Big Red Mass Military Museum (tanks and other military vehicles) promised to send his application asap and will hold his price steady. Thanks to Rich McDonough, parking will be available to the public on Patriots Day at the following locations: Lexington Community Center; Scottish Rite Museum and Library; Grace Chapel; and Lincoln Field. We will advertise the availability of these lots in our publicity. Kim and Linda have communicated and are finalizing the tee shirt order for Parade Ambassadors. Due to construction at both Clarke and Diamond middle schools, the Middle School band is unable to gather or practice and hence, is unable to participate in the morning parade this year. Former TCC member Tanya Morrisette will recruit a fifer, drummer and flag bearer to lead off the Parade as the Spirit of ’76. No further word on the 36 soldiers supposedly coming from Georgia. Paul and Dick will review and analyze each application for the number of marchers, number and type of vehicles, determine the number of linear feet each unit will require, and produce a parade lineup plan. This plan will be used when installing the stakes for parade lineup on Sunday. We will go with 8 golf carts this year. The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Linda Dixon, Co-Secretary Future Meetings March 15; March 22; March 29, April 5; April 12; April 26; May 3; May 10; May 17; May 24; June 7.