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VOL. 118 - NO. 21 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 23, 2014 $.35 A COPY CITY OF BOSTON Memorial Day MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Observance May 26, 2014 the Boston Parks and Recre- ation Department have an- nounced Memorial Day ob- servances taking place in City-owned parks and cem- FOR THOSE WHO eteries. Every year for the past 68 years, the City of Boston’s Veterans Services, in con- HAVE SERVED junction with the American Legion, AMVETS, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and other veterans’ organizations, hosts a commemorative Memorial Day Service. This year’s Presentation of the Colors will be held on Friday, May 23rd, at 9:30 am at the Sgt. Charles A. MacGillvary Veterans Me- Every Memorial Day weekend, the MA Military Heroes morial Park located in the organization plants a Garden of 37,000 Flags in front of Back Bay Fens opposite the the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common rear of the Museum of Fine to commemorate the Massachusetts service members Arts and adjacent to Roberto who have given their lives to defend the United States Clemente Stadium. The and our freedom. The Flags will be in place through sun- event is free and open to the down on Monday, May 26th. public. On Sunday, May 25th, a event will include a short contact Arthur Smith of Memorial Day ceremony parade from inside the cem- the American Legion at will be held at Mount Hope etery gate up to the WWI and 617-298-7509. A day of prayer and remembrance for Cemetery, 355 Walk Hill WWII Monument where the On Memorial Day, Monday, Street, Mattapan, from ceremony will be held. For those who died so that we may live in peace. 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. The more information, please (Continued on Page 10) Post-Gazette Part of New Exhibit at the News Briefs Newseum in Washington, D.C. by Sal Giarratani Explores the Role of the Ethnic Media in America One in Four Americans Turns to Ethnic Media for News Mayor “Billy Jack” de Blasio On May 16th, the Newseum phis Free Speech publisher to ethnic media for news. to the Rescue opened “One Nation With Ida B. Wells’s diary and Ethnic television, radio and New York City’s new mayor James de Blasio, a News for All,” a new exhibit Frederick Douglass’s poc- online news outlets — from member of Red Sox Nation from his youth has now that tells the dramatic story ket watch, engraved “F. Doug- ImpreMedia, the largest decided to come to the rescue of all those work of how immigrants and mi- lass” on the back. Spanish-language news horses who cart tourists around the Big Apple. norities used the power of Visitors also will see company in the United Many vacationers would find their vacations in- the press to fight for their some of the country’s first States, to the black-owned complete without a horse drawn carriage ride rights and shape the Ameri- ethnic newspapers, including Radio One network to the through Central Park. Lots of folks are upset over can experience. News for All Freedom’s Journal, the first “Angry Asian Man” blog — the mayor’s plan, folks like action actor Liam was created in partnership black newspaper, launched in offer different perspectives Neesen who is up in arms about the mayor trying with the Smithsonian’s Our 1827 to fight for equal rights on issues that affect their to take those horses away. Liam has shown in American Journey project. and demand an end to sla- communities and the world, his latest movies how he feels when things are The exhibit features 60 very; and the Cherokee Phoe- contributing powerful voices “taken” from him. Billy Jack may have met his artifacts, including press nix, the first Native Ameri- that reflect an increasingly match. In this horse race, the odds are against passes used by Univision can newspaper, which was diverse nation. someone from the Peoples Republic of Cambridge co-anchors María Elena founded in 1828 to champion “We’re honored to partner banning horses from Manhattan. Salinas and Jorge Ramos the rights of Indians and now with the Smithsonian Institu- Banning the Village People? while covering international publishes monthly in print tion in telling the important news events, and a stepstool and online. These and other story of ethnic media Another example of political correctness gone used by Pullman porters, newspapers helped millions throughout American his- amuck. Over in Fargo, N.D., a school district black railroad car attendants of immigrants become part tory,” said Jim Duff, CEO of banned a first grade class from singing the Village who distributed the influ- of America while keeping the Newseum. “By exercising Peoples’ iconic YMCA at a school play because ential Chicago Defender in them informed about their their First Amendment school officials deemed it racists after one mom the South, where Northern homelands. rights, ethnic media not objected to the “Indian Chief,” I kid you not. papers were often confis- The exhibit also explores only inform and educate the What could be more politically correct in today’s cated and banned by whites. the growing influence of public, but also are drivers world than the Village People still hanging in there Also on display in News America’s leading ethnic of social change, fighting for from the ’70s? As a cop for 27 years, the cop was for All are a composing broadcasters and newspa- equal rights and leading (Continued on Page 14) stick and lead type used by pers as their reach expands crusades against slavery, Benjamin Franklin to pub- across the country. Today, lish his newspapers, Mem- one in four Americans turns (Continued on Page 14) 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 23, 2014 Res Publica by David Trumbull Buy a Poppy for a Disabled Vet TACITUS In Flanders fields the poppies grow of Vespesian, and in which Between the crosses, row on row they discuss the decay of That mark our place: and in the sky oratory under the Empire. The larks still bravely singing, fly (b) Vita Agricolae, a monu- Scarce heard amid the guns below. mental biography written about his father-in-law, the We are the Dead. Short days ago famous Roman general named Agricola, an able We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, military commander and ad- Loved, and were loved, and now we lie ministrator. It is said that In Flanders fields. the biography is a masterly portrayal which highlights Take up our quarrel with the foe: the virtues of one of the most To you from failing hands we throw illustrious of the Romans. (c) The Germania, an essay The Torch: be yours to hold it high! describing the Germanic If ye break faith with us who die nations, which contains a We shall not sleep, though poppies grow geography, political outline, In Flanders fields. religious history, and social customs. — John McCrae (1872-1918) (d) Annales, a multi- volumed history which con- Each year I see fewer and fewer men on the street wear- tains the chief events occur- ing remembrance poppies on Memorial Day, since 1971 ring during the reign of celebrated on the last Monday in May. One year I couldn’t Tiberius, Claudius, Caligula, even find anyone selling “Buddy Poppies,” the paper replica and Nero. flowers that the Veterans of Foreign Wars sell to raise (e) Historias, a second money for disabled veterans. multi-volumed history writ- For more than 80 years, the VFW’s Buddy Poppy program ten as a contemporary study has raised millions of dollars in support of veterans’ wel- encompassing the time fare and the well being of their dependents. In February frame from Galba to the 1924, the VFW registered the name “Buddy Poppy” with the death of Domitian. U.S. Patent Office. A certificate was issued on May 20, 1924, It is claimed that Tacitus granting the VFW all trademark rights in the name of Buddy was a man of dignity and high under the classification of artificial flowers. The VFW has moral standards, and that Modern statue representing Tacitus outside the Austrian made that trademark a guarantee that all poppies bearing these characteristics are that name and the VFW label are genuine products of the Parliament Building. reflected in his literary (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia) work of disabled and needy veterans. No other organiza- work along with his integrity tion, firm or individual can legally use the name “Buddy” During past weeks we’ve trian family. During his adult and his truthful nature. He Poppy. discussed the leading scholars years he was appointed to possessed a good under- When you buy your Buddy Poppy to wear this Memorial in the Early and Golden Age the office of military tribune stand-ing of the human Day you will be giving material aid to a disabled veteran. of Latin literati. We exam- by the Emperor Vespasian, mind and the motives for And when you wear your Buddy Poppy you will remind ined the work of such greats promoted to quaestor by human conduct. It is also everyone who sees you of the meaning of Memorial Day. as Andronicus, Scipio, Cato, Titus, and then to praetor by said that he studied men The American Legion also sells crepe paper poppies for Lucretius, Cicero, Sallust, domitian.