9 May, 2023
A full-house of local veterans enjoyed a monthly breakfast at the Hopkinton Senior Center. A sampling of attendees in the main photo demonstrates through smiling faces, the reveling in military events which were evoked from significant military action on May 5th during the early 20th-Century. For example, L to R, Robert Hole, USN, shows an action photo of the Battle of Midway, 4-7 June 1942, and an important turning point in WW II; Stephen Bartlett, USMC; Mike Arakelian, USAF, shows us a photo of (possibly) the first Massachusetts CMH award earned by Peter Grace in 1885; Guest, retired USN, with a photo of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice), which was approved by Congress in 1950, for the "government of the armed forces of the U.S.; Steve Whynot, USN: Art Brooks, USN; and, Bob Letendre, US Army, with a rendering representing TAPs Across America which is a program fully supported by the Old Guard New England, headquartered in Hopkinton, Mass.
Many military events were discussed during the breakfast. Notice the Hopkinton veteran on "Guard Duty" while overlooking the shoulders of the breakfast attendees. He is WW II US Army Sgt. Paul Jackson Michael McBride.
The next Vets Breakfast is scheduled for 2 June 2023.
