HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-07-17-MCFWC-rpt.pdf Middlesex County 1975 Festival Week Committee
Post Office Box 1776 Lexington MA 02173
July 17, 1973
Fellow Patriots:
As most oS you know, outs commcttee has initiated steps to honor. the Anmy, Navy
and Matt i.ne Corps on the occasion oS they. 200th annivensctiu .in 1975, .in the vend
atcea where ;the ContLnentat Mitaia 4L't t .uce.d arms in the de{ense oS Freedom.
Outs oppontunkty to salute the U. S. Ahmed Fonees on a patrticueaxly notable
date comes on! once ever a 100 ueatvs. Sknce I do not be. -Leve anti o4 us wilt be around
Sot the Services' on the Nation's Tercentenary, it behooves ups aU to come alive in '75!
Once the Middlesex County 4th o4 July, 1975 Pan.ad_e 5oundat-Lon .us 1.vcmey set with
Ahmed Forces' pna44eAned t5uppont, we w U go to the town 4athens in the county and ask
them, thnaugh local service groups and town .indu- t.y, to come up with a "town Stoat"
depicting some 4acet oS the community's growth Aynom 1775 to 1975, one that can be in-
cluded in the parade. PanenthetLcatty, city and town Stoats need not be limited to
Middlesex County. Any Mazsachuset-s on New England community who w-cshes to natwieLpate
in the 4th oS July, 1975 patcade, with a sign i,4icant and appealing {,.goat, is welcome to
join us---assuming thence a room Son alt who wish to paAtic ipate.
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In other words, this Middde4ex Country 4th oS Jut y, 1975 Parade .cis not oney a
saeute to the Mit i tatcu but atso an acknowledgment to the towns o,} New England sign.c{u-
.i.ng theik cont-t,ibution to the building o4 a st.ong America oven the rast 200 cleats.
Thin, the parade is to be a co.eoqu.e blend o' n t-I:tatty and community tL4e---one that
wilt be a Living diorama o S the bone and sinew o S Amvt ca; the .s p.vr it and v.igon o S
the young, gnawing nation. The 4th o4 July naiutde, i4 put together on a pa.o 4e- 4ional,
vaionatcu 4ashion, conceivab.Cij met be .shown on na -Lonae to ev.uston ,in 1975.
But 4kAst things 4.vvst---the next meeting o4 the Middeesex County 4th o4 Ju2.y,
1975 Parade committee a schedu.2.ed !on 8 P.M. on August 8 (Wednesday) at the Ann.ow-
head '{oton Inn, 340 Great Road (Route 4-225) 8ed!ond, Massachusetts. Meeting wilt
begin rnomp Pj at 8 P. M. and bus,cness completed by 9:30 at the - atest. I4 the vac-
ation netc,i.od stands not .in youn way, kind y be with us that evening. We must maintain
continuity. Sub j ec vs that wilt be discussed ane a pro os ed cha2eeng e to the 'Mid d,Ees ex
County students and atheAz to design a ',{iddees ex County_ bicentennial Ola i on banner
to commemanate the staht oS the ArneA ican Revo1u ion in the area. We uitt aPiso have
another look at the pnopased parade noute(s) and dacuss sugge Ikons as to the "vig-
nettes oS Amvcana" that can be inconpat.ated in the nanade. Such vignettes could
.cnctude petsoniSications of Paul Bunyan, Davy Cnoc e t, Daniel Boone, Casey Jones,
Johnny Appleseed, John Hentzy, Annie Oahle'r and Ichabod Crane. ALC, o, Shae Sett Stadium
a open to us i4 the Dept. o;S State cooperates in Dint rvoposed .cnvitcu on to the NATO
mat.chLng uni,tz to stage an Interna-&onat Ahmed Forces "Tattoo" the night oS Jut' 3,
1975. Theseun.cts would then be included .cn the patcade the Sottowing darn.
AA th.its wit be nowt ori y notice, match yow't eaeendan now: Bn.Lng an interested
n,%ettst with you. Remember., 1975 ,v, not that ;catr. in the 4utune:
`Robert E. Chalton,
Cha Aman