On Saturday, November 11, Veterans Day, various town organizations will hold commemorative services to honor the millions of American men and women who have served in uniform, from the Revolutionary War through today and the ways in which their services to this great nation have provided us with the freedom and lives we live and enjoy today.
At 11:00 am, in the area around the Mattapoisett Congregational Church and Center School, village residents and others who cannot make it to the official ceremonies conducted by the Town and its veterans’ organizations at Old Hammondtown School earlier in the morning, can gather with the members of the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club to hear the church’s bell toll in honor of our veterans.
The Bell Remembrance Ceremony is offered through the support of the Florence Eastman American Legion Post 280 and the Doughboy Foundation so that residents proximate to that area at 11:00 am can experience, yet again, the tolling of the 21 Bells of Freedom that marks the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI, a.k.a. the war to end all wars, at 11:00 am on Saturday.
Residents are invited to participate in both remembrance ceremonies – either at 10:45 am or 11:00 am on Veterans Day, Saturday, November 11.