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SEAPORT DISTRICT — 200 guests attended a fundraiser at the Barking Crab to raise money to build a statue in Scituate common to honor US Navy John Connors, who died in a conflict in Panama. The project to honor the late Boston College High School grad is supported by his classmates and fellow Navy Seals. The party was hosted by Tom Cappellitti, Joe Mitchell, John Sheehan, and Kara Dallman. The event also featured a live…

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HULL — At the stroke of noon on December 16, thousands of wreaths were placed by volunteers at veterans graves in cemeteries across the country. In the Hull Village Cemetery, American Legion Post 140 held a ceremony followed by the laying of 650 wreaths by volunteers from Hull, Notre Dame Academy, Boston College High and Legion members many whom are veterans themselves. The goal is to “remember, honor and teach our children the value of freedom.”…

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COPLEY SQUARE — More than 550 guests attended the New England Center for Homeless Veterans’s 21st annual ‘Leave No One Behind’ gala, which was held at the Westin Copley Place hotel. The event raised more than $600,000. NBC 10 meteorologist Matt Noyes was the emcee, Ella Brown sang the national anthem, and the guest speaker was Robert McDonald, former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs and retired chairman of Procter & Gamble. All photos by Bill…

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SOUTH BOSTON — The city paused recently to mark the 42nd anniversary of the South Boston Vietnam Memorial in a ceremony that included special guest US Marine Corp Lt. General Christopher Mahoney, a Weymouth native and Holy Cross graduate. The memorial, located on East 1st Street in M Street Park, was erected to honor the 25 local men who died while serving in the Vietnam War. You can view the City’s video of the entire…

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[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON Sept. 22, 2022 with the headline: World War II veteran Anthony Grasso photographed for Bill’s book] NORWOOD — Anthony Grasso of Norword was a private in the US Army in Europe when in 1944 a howitzer shell hit the area along the German-Belgium border where he was with 1st Lt. Frank DuBose. The lieutenant saved Grasso’s life. In 2021, Mr. Grasso was able to pay back Lt. DuBose’s efforts by visiting DuBose’s…

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