The New England Patriots planted 2500 flags outside of Gillette Stadium this weekend to honor people from the Foxborough area that have lost their lives in military service. The project was done with the help of many volunteers and the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund. The Fund usually plants over 35,000 flags each Memorial Day Weekend on the Boston Common, but because of the COVID-19 restrictions, they were not able to this year.
I learned about Green Light a Vet a while ago. I had every intention of replacing my porch light with a green one to show support for our veterans, but never got around to it. Mark and Sabelle were at Home Depot this Memorial Day weekend and she did remember...
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Safe travel if you're hitting the road this weekend. 930,000 vehicles will travel the turnpike between Friday and Monday.
The Busiest Times:
Friday: between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM northbound.
Monday: the York Toll Plaza southbound will have 55,000 departing Maine, with the heaviest times between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM...
Monday's Memorial Day parade will begin in Longfellow Square and end with a ceremony on Monument Square at the feet of "Our Lady of Victories", the monument that inspired the name of the square. I see her every day from the WBLM studio windows, but I know nothing about her...