Page 10 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021 Saugus observes Memorial Day 2021 A MEMORIAL DAY SEND-OFF: Sgt. Major Kenneth Oswald, USMC (retired) the Lynn English Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) program leader, receives a citation from Saugus Veterans Council Commander Steve Castinetti, recognizing the contributions of the JROTC as the official color guard for many Veterans Council events over the past decade. (Saugus Advocate photos by Mark E. Vogler) MAKING MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL: Gordie Shepard, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, received a greeting from Saugus residents who thanked him for the countless hours he spends getting veterans’ gravesites in shape for Memorial Day, as he has done for more than a decade. A HERO’S RESTING PLACE: The gravesite of Saugus’s Medal of Honor recipient Arthur Frederick DeFranzo, a 25-year-old staff sergeant who sacrificed his own life on a battlefield in France to save the lives of fellow soldiers during World War II. Retired Brig. Gen. Andrea Gayle-Bennett of the Massachusetts Army National Guard addressed the crowd at the Memorial Day Ceremony in Riverside Cemetery. FIRST MEMORIAL DAY: Two-year-old Harrison Peter Phipps got a personal escort at Riverside Cemetery on Monday – his grandfather Peter A. Rossetti, Jr. RECALLING DECORATION DAY: Paul Kenworthy, wearing a replica Civil War greatcoat, and his wife, Laura Eisener, participated in Monday’s Memorial Day Ceremony in Riverside Cemetery. FLAGS FOR ALL SAUGUS VETERANS: These veterans’ graves were decorated with new flags and some with flowers before last Monday’s Memorial Day observance in Saugus. STANDING GUARD: World War II Army soldier reenactors at the veterans’ gravesites on Memorial Day in Riverside Cemetery.
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