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center (on Mass Ave or couple of other places where TCC is authorized to put up banners). o Jill suggested contacting Cathy Severance from the Town Manager Office about specific policy on banners. o Paul Jenkins had ordered banners through a company which is now closed but they referred to another company in Sommerville. Jill suggested contacting VistaPrint as well. • Colonial Times cut-off date is Monday. June will contact them. • Student Essays o This year is the 75th Anniversary of WWII. Juniors from LHS will be asked to write essays which are due on 16-Oct. From the entries, 20 essays will be short listed by 21-Oct from which two winning essays will be selected. Winning essays will be pre-recorded and included in the video of the Veterans Day virtual program. Other essays will be published in the booklet. o It was mentioned that there would be no posters or movie this year. o The Arts department will not be submitting arts this year due to the COVID situation. Virtual Veterans Day 2020: • This is not confirmed until it is approved on Monday at the board meeting. • Mary Hutton is working on a 10-minute video. • Emcee would be Sheila Widnall, former Secretary of Airforce. Linda Dixon is reaching out to her and is fairly confident that she would agree. • The video will also include a tribute to Dan Fenn. Steve is working on the 2- minute segment. • The video may include a concert (recorded video segment) from High school musicians. Kim Coburn has reached out to LHS. Fall back option is to use previous yearsmusic. • Jill also suggested using music from previous events recorded by LexMedia if this is not possible. • Lexington WWII Committee will be unveiling a plaque for the 56 service members who had given their lives in service. Recording of this event will be included at the end of the segment. • The video will also include 5-10 second snippets of veterans sharing their experiences (taken from the WWII website). • June asked the members to let her know if they are interested in getting involved in this effort. • Steve asked when he should have Dan Fenn's tribute part completed. June mentioned that she would find out when this is needed and let him know. • The committee had discussed other options for Veterans Day in the last meeting including having a volley fired by the Minute Men on the Green, ringing the USS Lexington bell on the Green, having veterans congregate on the Green (socially distanced) and having the Girl Scouts hand them carnations. o Volley firing requires permission from the Select Board and a 1-month lead time is needed. Jill suggested allowing as much lead time as possible.