THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, November 15, 2019 Page 15 Award-winning Lynn English Junior ROTC performs at Saugus’s Veterans Day celebration By Tara Vocino T he award-winning Lynn English High School Junior ROTC performed a rifle salute to honor veterans last Thursday morning at the Saugus Senior Center. The Senior Center Choir also sang patriotic songs during the two-hour event. Tara Vocino may be reached at printjournalist1@gmail.com. Veterans’ Service Officer Jay Pinette, Lynn English High School (LEHS) Junior ROTC members Cadet Sergeant Wilmer Huggins, Cadet Major Angelie Cruz, Second Lt. Julaiska Trinidad, Cadet Lt. Colonel Devin Nguyen and State Representative Donald Wong (R-Saugus). (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino) Shown in the back row are Cabrini Johnson, Charles Varney – sporting an “I support our troops: past, present, and future” shirt; Martha “Sis” Varney – also wearing the patriotic shirt; Annette and Dolly Annese, Mary Puopolo, Jean Zullo and Carol Glebus. Shown in the front row are Lynn English High School Junior ROTC Cadets Wilmer Huggins, Angelie Cruz, Devin Nguyen and Julaiska Trinidad. Veterans’ Service Officer Jay Pinette said events like today’s enforce that Saugus cares about its veterans. He thanked veterans for their service and surviving spouses for keeping watching on the home front. Saugus Senior Center Choir member Gloria Johnson waves the American flag during “You’re a Grand Old Flag” by George M. Cohan. PRESENTING THE COLORS: Lynn English High School Junior ROTC cadets Devin Nguyen, holding a right rifle; Julaiska Trinidad, holding the United States flag; Angelie Cruz, holding a Marine Corps flag; and Wilmer Huggins, sporting a left rifle. The oldest in the room, Moe DiBlasi, 99, who served in the U.S. Navy in the 1940s during the World War II North African invasion and is a retired Revere 31-year firefighter, and Barbara Kinney, 98. State Representative Donald Wong (R-Saugus) said Massachusetts does more for its veterans than any other state. In the American spirit, Cathy and Ken Strum wear a flag T-shirt, American flag earrings and Old Glory overalls.
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