Denny Drewry, the quartermaster for the Westborough Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9013, addresses the crowd at a ceremony held in front of the Forbes Municipal Building in Westborough Nov. 11.
By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor
Region – Ceremonies were held throughout the town Nov. 11 as residents, officials, and veterans who served in most military branches and many of the country’s wars gathered to remember those who have served.
Commemorations were held at Pine Grove Cemetery and the various war memorials. Selectman Tim Dodd, speaking at a ceremony in front of the Forbes Municipal Building (FMB), thanked those in attendance and noted that “symbolically, every day should be Veterans Day.”
“The freedom we hold near and dear…is tied to the great work of the men and women who have served,” he said.
Dodd also acknowledged the late George Perry, the town’s veterans agent who passed away in April. Perry was instrumental in helping the town establish a veterans tax work- off program and a central district office for veterans in Northborough, Shrewsbury and Westborough.
Herbert Arnold, a veteran who served in the U.S. Navy during the Cold War era, was the day’s grand marshal.
“What is the price of freedom?” he asked the audience.
“That is the price,” he added, as he gestured to the war memorials in front of the FMB.
Photos/Bonnie Adams
– Herbert Arnold, the grand marshal for Westborough’s Veterans Day commemoration, poses for a photo with his wife Verne, and members of their family.State Rep. Matt Beaton, R-Shrewsbury, addresses the crowd at a ceremony held in front of the Forbes Municipal Building in Westborough Nov. 11.U.S. Air Force Col. Brent French addresses the crowd at a ceremony held in front of the Forbes Municipal Building in Westborough Nov. 11.U.S. Navy veteran Herbert Arnold, the day’s grand marshal, addresses the crowd at a ceremony held in front of the Forbes Municipal Building in Westborough Nov. 11.A soldier holds the American flag during a ceremony at the World War 1 memorial.A bugler from Westborough High School plays taps.The flags at the World War 1 memorial at the town rotary are at half-mast in honor of those veterans who have died.Westborough Town Moderator John Arnold (l) and retired Town Moderator Joseph Harrington reflect after placing the memorial wreath in front of the World War I memorial located at the town’s rotary.
