Medfield Remembers Its Veterans

The town of Medfield started its Veterans Day this year with the first annual breakfast for approximately 60 veterans and their families at The Center at Medfield on Monday, Nov. 11.

The event was sponsored by Medfield's American Legion Beckwith Post 110, and was organized by Medfield Veteran Services Officer Ron Griffin who hopes it will become an annual event. 

Enjoy more photos taken by Patch Blogger Colleen M. Sullivan

Breakfast was prepared by Tony Centore, Roberta Lynch, William Kingsbury, Tom Sweeney, Al Allegretto, John Naff and Mike Sullivan. Coffee and donuts were donated by Dunkin Donuts' store manager Kavita Tysoe.

Serving the Veterans breakfast where members of the Medfield High School club "Warriors for the Warriors" whose members included Caroline Melville, Caroline Tschirch, Eleni Cawley, Haley Tschirch, Emma Haskell, Cara Lyons, Julia Crowe, and Lauren Tschirch. Not pictured are Elise Johnson and Peter Johnson who helped as well.

Senator James Timilty, Representative Denise Garlick, and Congressman Joe Kennedy III all attended the event as did Medfield selectmen Mark Fisher, Pete Peterson and Richard DeSorgher. 

The breakfast was filmed by Medfield.TV and will be on cable television later this week. 

Veterans' Day 2013 ended with a brief ceremony at Baxter Park and the lighting of hundreds of luminary bags in memory of veterans. "Light Up Baxter Park" is organized each year by Michelle Doucette and the American Legion Auxiliary.