9:15 a.m. Ringing of Paul Revere Bell at the First Parish Church
By Weston Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
9:30 a.m. Assembly of participants inside Horace Scudder Sears Auditorium in Weston Town Hall
10:00 a.m. MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE 2016
PRESENTING OF COLORS – Honor Guard, Weston Fire and Police Departments
GREETINGS – Memorial Day Committee Don Bumpus
INVOCATION – Rev. Stephen Melius, Weston Methodist Church
MUSICAL SELECTION – “America—My Tis of Thee” played by the Weston H.S Marching
Band
WELCOMING REMARKS & INTRODUCTION OF GUEST SPEAKER - Rick Wohlers
GUEST SPEAKER – CW5 Joseph Quinn, United States Army Speaking on “Sacrifices”
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (text on back page_)
A MUSICAL SALUTE – “God Bless America” played by the Weston HS Marching Band\
BENEDICTION – Rev. Stephen Melius, Weston Methodist Church
ANNOUNCEMENTS -- Memorial Day Committee Don Bumpus
WREATH LAYING: Please join us outdoors, Town Hall War Memorial
Our National Anthem: “The Star Spangled Banner” (words on back page)
Played by the Weston High School Marching Band
Wreath Laying – Weston Veterans with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Reps
Taps by Timothy Yu, Julie Jesurum
Drum Majors: Christina Ziobro and Camille Tulloss
PARADE: Order of March
Weston Police Dept. Mike Rizzitello
Weston Girl Scouts: Daisies, Brownie, Juniors,
Weston Fire Dept. Chief David Soar
Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
Parade Automobiles with Weston Veterans
Weston Cub and Boy Scouts
Weston High School Marching Band
Children’s Carts, floats and decorated bicycles
Little League players
The parade with begin at the Town Hall and then stop at the Fiske Memorial, Old Farmer’s
Central Cemetery and Linwood Cemetery where memorial wreaths will be laid by Weston veterans and
Representatives of Weston Scout troops. Please be respectful and quiet when the trumpet players of the
Weston High School Marching Band play “Taps”. Thank you.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
“AMERICA” (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”) – arranged by Thomas Wallace. Lyrics by Rev. Samuel Francis Smith in
1831 while he was a student at Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. First performed in pubic on July 4,
1831 at a children’s Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church in Boston. First publication of “America” was
in 1832.
“GOD BLESS AMERICA” – arranged by John Higgins. Words and music written by Irving Berlin in 1918 while
serving the U.S. Army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, but decided that it did not fit in a revue called Yip Yip
Yaphank, so he set it aside. In 1938, with the rise of Hitler, Berlin, who was Jewish and a first-generation European
immigrant, felt it was time to revive it as a "peace song," and it was introduced on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938,
sung by Kate Smith on her radio show. Berlin gave the royalties of the song to the God Bless America Fund for
redistribution to the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA.
“THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER” – lyrics by Francis Scott Key, 1816
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thorough the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home and the brave.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
We also thank the Honor Guard participation by officers of the Weston Fire Department, Chief David Soar, and the
Weston Police Department, Chief Michael J. Goulding.
We are most grateful to the Weston High School Marching Band under the direction of Christopher Memoli & Kevin
Donegan, and Drum Majors: Christina Ziobro, Camille Tulloss for providing our wonderful musical salute and
accompaniment.
We give our special thanks to Kara Fleming, Assistant to the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen for her
program assistance and planning help as well as to our Town Hall Custodian Dave Mosman. Additional thanks to
Gloria Cole, Executive Director of Weston Media Center, Inc. for providing videotaping of today’s ceremony and to
Leiby’s Garden Shop for designing the town memorial laurel wreaths.
We are so appreciative of outreach efforts by Sarada Kalpee, Director, and Stanley Spear, Deputy Director, of the West
Suburban Veterans' Services District serving Weston, Wayland, Wellesley and Needham
www.westsuburbanveterans.com -WSVD works independently and in accordance with state laws and regulations,
manages and participates in the administration of benefits available to eligible veterans and their dependents. All
Veteran's Agents receive guidance and oversight by the Commonwealth's Secretary of Veterans' Services. The WSVD
provides assistance to veterans in assessing benefits, identifying federal, state, and local programs, providing referrals
for employment and training, housing, and medical care. Please call (781) 489-7509 to arrange a personal consultation
with the Director or Assistant Director of Veteran's Services. Sarada Kalpee serves as the full-time District Director.
Stanley Spear is the full-time Deputy Director and Sally Rose provides administrative support.
Rides are available for veterans who do not wish to march during our Memorial Day parade courtesy of antique cars
generously provided by Richard A. DeVito, Sr. and Richard A. DeVito, Jr. Through a community service project
sponsored by the Rotary Club of Weston & Wayland, they work to help over 1500 returning veterans from Iraq and
Afghanistan to find jobs. Please contact Richard A. DeVito, Sr. at 781-899-2702 ext. 142 for more information or to
assist with employment leads – thank you.
2016 MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
Donald F. Bumpus, Margaret Caso, Harvey Boshart, Michael King
2016 MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION
GUEST SPEAKER-- Weston, MA
Command Chief Warrant Officer
Chief Warrant Officer Five
Joseph A. Quinn
Chief Warrant Officer Five Joseph A. Quinn was appointed as
the Command Chief Warrant Officer, Massachusetts Army
National Guard on November 15, 2011. CW5 Quinn is the
state’s senior ranking warrant officer who oversees the morale,
welfare, training, administration, selection and management of
all warrant officers in the Massachusetts National Guard. He
serves on the Adjutant General’s professional staff as an advisor on all warrant officer issues,
policies and initiatives.
CW5 Quinn enlisted in the United States Army in March 1977. Serving as a Medical
Corpsman in assignments at Fort Devens, MA and Camp Zama, Japan.
He is a graduate of: Mount Wachusett Community College with an Associate Degree in
Business Administration. He is a member of the National Guard Officers Association of
Massachusetts, the Military Officers Association of America, the United States Army Warrant
Officers Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Yankee Division Veterans Association
and the Association of Quartermasters Minuteman Chapter.
EDUCATION: 2008 Warrant Officer Career College, Ft Rucker, Alabama, Warrant Officer
Senior Staff Course
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: Meritorious Service Medal, Army
Commendation Medal (with two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters),Army Achievement Medal (with
one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Good Conduct Medal,Army Reserve Component
Achievement Medal (with four Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters), Iraq Campaign Medal, Global
War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal (with one Bronze Service
Star), Armed Forces Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal
(with Silver Hour Glass Device and “M” Device), Army Service Ribbon Army Reserve
Components Overseas Training Ribbon, Massachusetts Service Medal (with Gold Eagle
Device).