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Memorial Day CITY of BOSTON MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES Observance May 27, 2013 on Sunday, May 26Th, a Ning at 11:00 Am VOL. 117 - NO. 21 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 24, 2013 $.30 A COPY Memorial Day CITY OF BOSTON MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES Observance May 27, 2013 On Sunday, May 26th, a ning at 11:00 am. The day’s FOR THOSE WHO Memorial Day ceremony will activities begin with an be held at Mount Hope Cem- 8:00 am service at the Fogg- etery, 355 Walk Hill Street, Roberts American Legion Mattapan, from 11:00 am Post 78 located at 56 Harvard HAVE SERVED to 2:00 pm. The event will Avenue in Hyde Park. include a short parade from From there participants inside the cemetery gate up will march to a Mass at Most to the WW I and WW II Monu- Precious Blood Parish at ment where the ceremony 43 Maple Street and then will be held. For more de- return to the Post for the tails, contact Arthur Smith start of a tour of local of the American Legion at veteran’s squares. The pro- (617) 298-7509. cession will end up at the On Memorial Day, Mon- Civil War Memorial at Fair- day, May 27th, Mayor Thomas view Cemetery for the clos- M. Menino and City of Boston ing ceremony at 11:00 am. Veteran’s Services present For more information, please “Remembrance 2013: A Mu- contact Andy Murphy of the sical Tribute to Our Heroes,” Fogg Post at (617) 364-1636. a free concert featuring the Stained glass window at In addition, a Memorial Metropolitan Wind Sym- Sacred Heart Church, East Day observance will be held phony and the Boston City Boston. on May 27th at Evergreen Singers at Christopher Co- Cemetery, 2060 Common- lumbus Park at 6:30 pm. The Also on Memorial Day, wealth Avenue, Brighton, park is located in the North services will be held at Fair- from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. A day of prayer and remembrance for End at 110 Atlantic Avenue view Cemetery, 45 Fairview For further information, call those who died so that we may live in peace. on Boston’s waterfront. Avenue, Hyde Park, begin- (617) 635-7361. The Story of Taps by David Trumbull News Briefs This Memorial Day we remember and died for our country when we decorate their by Sal Giarratani honor the men and women who died to pre- graves or participated in patriotic parades serve our freedom. Even as we enjoy kick- and ceremonies this weekend. ing off summer, however, we chose this At those solemn memorial events in our weekend, that is itself a testimony to their towns and cities, in our churches and syna- Quote to Note sacrifices, for we enjoy the cookouts, trips gogues and in the halls of our veterans or “States created the federal government. The fed- to the beach and so forth because they made other lodges, a familiar, haunting melody eral government did not create the states.” it possible. We especially honor those who will mark the day — — Candidate Ronald Reagan on the 1980 campaign trail Tea Party Folks Hold Tea Party on The Boston Common Hundreds gathered from Tea Party groups across the state on the Boston Common on April 13th waving flags to hear anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist, Jeff Katz and Jeff Kuhner rally up the folks at this event protesting taxing and spend- ing policies down in the Nation’s Capitol. Norquist told the crowd, “The Tea Party is America awakened. What’s the Tea Party done? Changed the direction of the country for the good and I think on a permanent basis.” He was key- The familiar bugle call “Taps” is gener- first time “Taps” was played at a military note speaker at this “Tax Day” get together. A number of other folks also spoke including ally believed to be based on a traditional funeral may also have been in Virginia soon former Talk 1200 Boston talker Jeff Katz and Jeff French call to curfew (from Middle English after Butterfield composed it. Union Capt. “curfeu,” from Old French “cuevrefeu,” mean- John Tidball, head of an artillery battery, Kuhner, the morning guy on WRKO AM 680. ing cover the fire and turn in for the night). ordered it played for the burial of a cannon- Lumpy is Dead According to the United States Depart- eer killed in action. Not wanting to reveal Growing up I loved “Leave it to Beaver.” ment of Veterans Affairs the version of the battery’s position in the woods to the Recently, actor Frank Bank, who played the role those 24 melancholy notes that we know enemy nearby, Tidball substituted “Taps” for of Clarence ‘Lumpy’ Rutherford passed away at from military funerals was crafted during the traditional three rifle volleys fired over 71 years of age. The show ran from 1957 until America’s Civil War by Union General the grave. “Taps” was played at the funeral 1963. The Beaver had his Lumpy while Wally Daniel Adams Butterfield, heading a brigade of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson 10 suffered with Eddie Haskell. It is hard to believe camped at Harrison Landing, VA, near months after it was composed. Army infan- that Lumpy was 71. However, last I heard, Jerry Richmond. This music was made the offi- try regulations by 1891 required taps to be Mathers is now 65 years old. cial Army bugle call after the war, but not played at military funeral ceremonies.” given the name “Taps” until 1874. “Taps” now is played by the military at (Continued on Page 14) The same Veterans Affair internet re- burial and memorial services, to accompany source, http://www1.va.gov/opa/publica- the lowering of the flag and to signal the tions/celebrate/taps.pdf, states that: “The “lights out” command at day’s end. THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON This office is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PMPM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information Page 2 POST-GAZETTE, MAY 24, 2013 ROSE GARDEN PARTY FUNDRAISER Stirpe by Prof. Edmund Turiello TH Nostra COMING JUNE 13 Tickets are now on sale for Boston’s An- A weekly column highlighting some nual Rose Garden Party fundraiser being of the more interesting aspects of our held on Thursday, June 13th, from 5:30 pm ancestry...our lineage...our roots. to 8:00 pm at the Kelleher Rose Garden in the Back Bay Fens. JOHN TYLER Hosted by Boston’s First Lady Angela Menino and Boston Parks Commissioner Antonia M. Pollak, the event benefits ParkARTS, Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s ini- tiative to present free arts, cultural, and enrichment programs in Boston’s park system. Now in its 17th year, the Rose Garden Party is an elegant social event featuring deli- cious food and refreshments, musical en- tertainment, a silent auction, and a lively John Letitia Julia hat contest. Located directly opposite the paint en plein air — French for “in the DATE OF BIRTH: March 29, 1790 Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Frederick Law open air” — in this bucolic garden paradise. PLACE OF BIRTH: Charles City County, Virginia Olmsted’s renowned Emerald Necklace park These “fresh paint” pieces will then be system, the Kelleher Rose Garden is the DATE OF DEATH: January 18, 1862 auctioned live to provide a one-of-a-kind largest of its kind in Boston and the ideal PLACE OF DEATH: Richmond, VA souvenir to a deserving patron, resulting in location for this summer garden party. SPOUSES: Letitia Christian much needed funds to support an array of Sponsors to date include Paul and Sandra ParkARTS activities across the city. (1813–1842; her death) Edgerley, the MFA, Boston, Boston POPS, Blue Julia Gardiner All are welcome to support ParkARTS and Cross Blue Shield of MA, Emmanuel College, be part of this unique gathering of over 250 (1844–1862; his death) UMass Boston, Maggie and Kevin Ahearn / guests surrounded by 1,000 rose bushes of PRESIDENT: April 4, 1841 - March 4, 1845 Ahearn Real Estate, and Fisher College. more than 150 varieties. Tickets are tax DePrisco Diamond Jewelers, JetBlue, and deductible as allowed by law and available The cultivated John Tyler, a man of great pride, the Lenox Hotel have each donated high Became C.E.O. number ten after Harrison died; by calling (617) 635-4032 or online at ticket auction items. Other in-kind donors www.cityofboston.gov/parks/rosegarden/ A master of good story and smart conversation, include Boston Beer Company, The Catered The best man at that time to lead our young nation. rosegardenparty.asp. Affair, Winebow, Design New England Maga- Proceeds from the Rose Garden Party He made a treaty with China, ended Seminole wars, zine, Darryl’s Corner Bar & Kitchen, Emer- directly support free ParkARTS program- Passed a number of very constructive laws; ald Necklace Conservancy, Norman Rock- ming including concerts, arts and crafts Eliminated waste and cut out the gravy, well Museum, Fairmont Battery Wharf Ho- for children, puppet shows, painting and They say he even re-organized the Navy. tel, Friends of Post Office Square, the MIT photography workshops, children’s festivals, His wife was Letitia, one of Virginia’s beauties, Museum, the Boston Lyric Opera, the MFA, movie nights, and much more in Boston’s Because of a stroke assumed no social duties; Rouvalis Flowers & Gardens, Hotel Common- city parks. For further information, please Gave birth to ten children instilled them with pride, wealth, The Preservation Society of New- call the Boston Parks and Recreation Eighteen months in the White House, port County, Ronald and Lisa Simons, and Department at (617) 635-4032 or visit the then the dear woman died.
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