THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, November 15, 2019 Page 13 2019 Veterans Day Observance SAUGONIANS WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY: State Rep Donald Wong (far right) stands with a group of Saugus military veterans in the archway of Veterans Park before Monday’s Veterans Day observance. A “THANK YOU” NOTE TO TAKE HOME: Colonel Andrea Gayle-Bennett, Public Affairs Officer of the Saugus Veterans Council, leaves Veterans Park in Saugus on Monday with her service dog and a piece of kids’ art expressing appreciation for serving more than three decades in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. PATRIOTIC MUSIC: Saugus High School Band Director Justin Jones leads members of the Saugus High School Marching Band in a selection of popular military songs during Monday’s Veterans Day Observance at Veterans Park. KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Newly elected Board of Selectmen Vice Chair Corinne Riley, a long-time supporter of local programs supporting the veterans, gave the main address during Saugus’s Veterans Day observance. GUARDING THE ARCHWAY: Members of the Lynn English Marine Corps Junior ROTC at Veterans Park in Saugus during Monday’s Veterans Day observance. “VETERANS DAY IS A HAPPIER DAY”: Bob O’Toole, the executive officer of the Saugus Veterans Council, tells the Saugus crowd what makes Veterans Day different from Memorial Day – another patriotic holiday “when we honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service of their country.” Veterans Day is also a day to personally thank the living veterans for their service, the U.S. Marine/ Air Force veteran said. (Saugus Advocate Photos by Mark E. Vogler) A VETERAN’S REFLECTIONS: Randy Briand, a Vietnam Army Airborne veteran, scans the Vietnam War plaque for his name among the many fellow veterans from Saugus who served their country in Vietnam. SHOWING OFF THEIR SIGNS: Students from the Shining Stars Learning Center, a private preschool based in the old Evans School in Saugus, display their appreciation to veterans on Veterans Day in Saugus. A DAY OF HONOR: Left to right: Vietnam War veteran Randy Briand, State Representative Donald Wong (R-Saugus), Mary Lou Manning and her husband, Frank Manning, who is commander of the Saugus American Legion Cpl. Scott J. Procopio Post 210. PROUD TO HAVE SERVED: Vietnam War veteran Randy Briand was among the many Saugus veterans who were the recipients of appreciation for their service
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