Memorial Day 2017

Memorial Day 2017

Huge parade takes military precision Memorial Day event planning is thorough

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes Memorial Day Parade, a production of American Legion Post 14, is generally acknowledged as Vermont’s largest.

But according to Post 14 Service Officer and longtime parade organizer Henry Broughton, the parade got off to a humble start: It ran along just a short stretch of Main Street.

“It went from the memorial service down to the bridge,” said Broughton, now 85. “We only had two bands. We had a “It started small little band from the high school, with just a and the Weeks bunch of guys, School had a pretty goodand then it just sized band.” mushroomed.”

And acc— Post 14 ording to Commander B r o u g h t o n and Post 14 Ralph Wenzel Commander Ralph Wenzel, exactly when the parade started is a little fuzzy, even if the motive was crystal clear.

“The veterans coming back from service joined the Legion, and to pay their respects for their comrades they decided to celebrate and honor them with a parade,” said Wenzel.

“I remember Martin Casey saying, and he’s passed away now, that he couldn’t remember, and he was a 60-year member. It was right after the war, but the parade didn’t get started until ’48, or maybe ’47. But, like Henry said, it started small with just a bunch of guys, and

HENRY BROUGHTON, LEFT, and Ralph Wenzel of American Legion Post 14 are among the 60 or so volunteers who plan and stage the Vergennes Memorial Day Parade — the largest in Vermont. Broughton has five decades experience at this task; this is Wenzel’s first year on the job.

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then it just mushroomed.”

Broughton said he believed prominent Vergennes citizen Sam Fishman (the city pool is named after him) delivered the first keynote address, and that Fishman’s brotherin-law Ben Gould was next in the lineup.

Then the politicians got involved, and the parade started growing a reputation — and simply growing.

“From then on we started getting senators and representatives from Washington and all

that,” Broughton said. “It took three or four years, and next thing you know we started getting big.”

Now the route begins at Vergennes Union High School and winds through city streets before ending at the City Green, and given the size of the Little City the parade is like a Slinky on a stairway: At one point both ends are still while only the middle moves.

“It’s about a two-mile parade route, and (See Organizers, Page 3)

D-Day vet to lead parade in Vergennes American Legion Post 14 has chosen Ron Hadley of Middlebury as the grand marshal of the Vergennes Memorial Day Parade this year. Hadley joined the U.S. Navy in the midst of World War II, completed his training in the fall of 1943, and then served all over the world before rounding out his duty in June 1946. He gave this account of his war service: My war experiences started with my assignment as a junior officer (ensign) to an attack transport ship destined for the invasion of Normandy. Our cargo was 900 Army men and 20 landing craft.

We sailed the Atlantic through threatening U-boats. While awaiting D-Day, German Junker airplanes bombed our ship concentration.

On D-Day I was assigned command of the fifth wave. This was changed to the third wave because more troops were required immediately on the beach. I fear none of those Combat Engineers in the first wave made it through the cross fire. My boat returned to our ship and our boat brought more soldiers to a neutralized area.

The next orders took us to the Mediterranean to relocate troops and take part in the Southern France invasion. After reconditioning our ship in Brooklyn we were assigned to Pacific Theater duty.

(See Hadley, Page 2)

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IN THIS 2012 photo, U.S. Navy veteran Ron Hadley shows a photo of the ship that took him and other service members to the English Channel for the invasion of Normandy in World War II. Hadley will be Grand Marshal of the Vergennes Memorial Day Parade on Monday.

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Hadley (Continued from Page 1) We soon were ordered to take part in the Invasion of Iwo Jima. The beach was volcanic ash and not suitable for wheeled vehicles. It was estimated we would be there for four days. Fourteen days later we were still there.

Next, we went to the Okinawa invasion, which was noted for the Japanese Kamikazes.

They were like flies. Several of them made

determined runs at our ship, but missed.

Soon the war was over, but we still had duties. Our ship was assigned to Operation Magic Carpet, which transported American servicemen and women home to the United States. Someone had to bring our service people home and we were suited for that task.

By this time I was ship’s navigator and a full lieutenant USNR (equivalent to a captain in the Army).

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Organizers (Continued from Page 1) the parade procession is longer than the parade route, believe it or not. Usually the chief of police leads the procession, and is then followed by the color guard. The color guard is waiting at the light while the parade is going by still,” said Wenzel, 65, who was elected post commander a year ago. “It’s going to get to the point where we’re going to have to make the parade route longer to accommodate everybody.”

At this point, of course, Post 14 has a solid template for paying for and organizing the annual parade. Member dues, proceeds from renting out its Armory Lane banquet room, and beverage and snack sales at the clubhouse take care of funding.

“We shoulder it all,” Wenzel said. “We have a downstairs banquet hall, all the revenue that comes in. We have a fantastic Finance Officer (Wally Howard). He keeps us straight. He’s right on the ball.”

The post’s parade committee, about nine people consisting of post officers and the leaders of the Post 14’s Sons of the American Legion and Ladies’ Auxiliary groups, meets in February each year to start organizing that spring’s parade.

“We get everything set up so there’s no inconvenience (for paradegoers) We’ve got bathrooms open. We’ve got porta-potties,” Wenzel said. “We line up our guest speakers, our parade marshal. Different people on the parade committee take over different aspects of the parade so that at the end we all come together.”

Broughton, for example, lines up the marshal and guest speakers for the postparade ceremony and writes press releases for the event, while Wenzel handles promoting the parade, ordering the food and tent, obtaining portable toilets, rounding up the Sunday volunteers, organizing the color guard, and making “sure the different people are contacted to bring what they’ve got to bring.”

Wenzel guessed up to 60 people help out on game day.

“It takes a lot of people behind the scenes that don’t get recognition,” he said. “It’s a real group effort. It’s a real Post effort that puts it on.”

ALL IN ORDER The Vergennes police chief always leads the parade itself, followed by the Legion Color Guard and Veterans of Foreign Wars members. Fire departments — including those from Ferrisburgh, Addison, New Haven, Weybridge, Monkton, Cornwall and Weybridge — join the city department in

CHILDREN AT THE Memorial Day parade in Vergennes last May get a brush with real members of the U.S. military. Memorial Day gives children the opportunity to ask questions about what sacrifices servicemen and women make for our country.

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bringing up the rear.

But it’s still a challenge, Wenzel said organizers “It takes a lot of more for a commander keep the bands “dispersed running his first parade than a throughout the parade,” and people behind 50-year veteran. sprinkle in Boy Scouts, Little the scenes “There’s quite a lot to Leaguers, Civil War reremember of what’s got to be that don’t get enactors, politicians, antique done,” Wenzel said. tractors, Shriners and pageant recognition. It’s “I don’t have a problem winners in between. with that,” Broughton said. a real group The lineup is set in advance “Everything’s been good.” to allow the announcer at the effort. It’s a real “Henry’s been doing it for city green viewing stand to Post effort that 50 years. It’s not a challenge announce it accurately. to him. To me, it’s my first “She doesn’t have to look to puts it on.” year,” Wenzel said. “I’m see who it is. She knows who — Post 14 trying to pick stuff up.” it is,” Wenzel said.

In fact, Wenzel said Commander The tried-and-true format Broughton’s service on the Ralph Wenzel parade is just the tip of the has not changed radically over the years. iceberg. The Legion offered “We use the same format him the honor of being its from the previous parades,” Wenzel said. Grand Marshal this year, but, typically, he “We might tweak it a little bit, but not much, declined. Instead, another worthy candidate because it works.” was chosen, World War II veteran Ron

Hadley.

But Wenzel said Broughton deserves to be recognized, a comment that led to a debate.

“He’s held every office in this post. He’s been on the state Finance Board for the Department of Vermont. And he’s been instrumental in bringing this Post from the old home here. And as a Finance Officer the Post (building) was paid off in five years,” Wenzel said. “Henry and Lucille, Henry’s wife, would put on the banquets downstairs, raise money for the Post. He’s done it all.

The Post owes him a lot of gratitude for what he’s done in the past to bring it to where it is. It (the parade) is just one example.

Fantastic.”

“I don’t need to take any credit,” Broughton said.

“You’re too modest, Henry,” Wenzel said.

“Maybe I’m modest, but no, I don’t have to take any credit,” Broughton said.

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@ addisonindependent.com.

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SHRINERS, ABOVE, WAVE just about as many flags as possible on their vehicle in Vergennes last year, while little Clara Crowley, right, gives a wave to the Vergennes Fire Department ladder truck as it passes by during the Vergennes Memorial Day parade.

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Vt. Route 22A is dedicated to Desert Storm veterans In recognition of Vermonters who served in the armed forces during the conflict in Kuwait and Iraq in 1991, the Vermont State Transportation Board has approved a petition to dedicate Vermont Route 22A as the “Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Highway.”

The official designation covers Route 22A in its entirety from the New York/ Vermont border in Fair Haven to the Route 22A/Route 7 intersection in Ferrisburgh.

Desert Storm veterans and their families were honored by Vermont veterans service organizations and by the state with an official ribbon cutting ceremony at Fair Haven American Legion Post 49 on May 20.

Past Vermont State VFW Commander Steve Leach petitioned the state in 2015 to designate the highway in honor of veterans of this conflict. He attributed his success to tremendous support from citizens,

the Vermont VFW, Vermont American Legion posts, Veterans of Vermont and the government of Vermont.

Twenty-six years ago this summer, the U.S. military was given the mission of reestablishing Kuwait’s freedom, after the tiny country was invaded by Iraq. More than 600,000 American military members answered the call and they along with allies from several nations achieved victory in short order over a regime that simply wanted to occupy a small neighboring and sovereign nation.

Route 22A was officially named and the ribbon was cut on Armed Forces Day, May 20, to mark the fact that Vermont remembers veterans’ heroic deeds now and forever. It honors and remembers not only living veterans, but also all service members who made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives so others could be free in this conflict.

The 24-note melancholy bugle call known as “Taps” is thought to be a revision of a French bugle signal, called “tattoo,” that notified soldiers to cease an evening’s drinking and return to their garrisons. It was sounded an hour before the final bugle call to end the day by extinguishing fires and lights. The last five measures of the tattoo resemble taps.

The word “taps” is also an alteration of

The story of Taps the obsolete word “taptoo,” derived from the Dutch “taptoe.” Taptoe was the command — “Tap toe!” — to shut (“toe to”) the “tap” of a keg.

The revision that gave us present-day Taps was made during America’s Civil War by (See Taps, Page 6)

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Taps (Continued from Page 5) Union Gen. Daniel Adams Butterfield, heading a brigade camped at Harrison Landing, Va., near Richmond. Up to that time, the U.S. Army’s infantry call to end the day was the French final call, “L’Extinction des feux.” Gen. Butterfield decided the “lights out” music was too formal to signal the day’s end. One day in July 1862 he recalled the tattoo music and hummed a version of it to an aide, who wrote it down in music.

Butterfield then asked the brigade bugler, Oliver W. Norton, to play the notes and, after listening, lengthened and shortened them while keeping his original melody.

He ordered Norton to play this new call at the end of each day thereafter, instead of the regulation call. The music was heard and appreciated by other brigades, who asked for copies and adopted this bugle call. It was even adopted by Confederate buglers. This music

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three rifle volleys fired over the grave. Taps was played at the funeral of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson 10 months after it was composed. Army infantry regulations by 1891 required Taps to be played at military funeral ceremonies.

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What can you do on Memorial Day? Visit a memorial or send a card to someone in the military. Do you have relatives who are in the military? Ask them to tell you some stories. Remember to say thanks to a veteran for help keeping us and our country safe.

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Silence makes room for a moment of remembrance The “National Moment of Remembrance” resolution, which was passed more than 16 years ago, asks that at 3 p.m. local time each Memorial Day, all Americans “voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to ‘Taps.’”

The following is the National Moment of Remembrance from President William J. Clinton: As Memorial Day approaches, it is time to pause and consider the true meaning of this holiday. Memorial Day represents one day of national awareness and reverence, honoring those Americans who died while defending

our Nation and its values. While we should honor these heroes every day for the profound contribution they have made to securing our Nation’s freedom, we should honor them especially on Memorial Day. In this time of unprecedented success and prosperity throughout our land, I ask that all Americans come together to recognize how fortunate we are to live in freedom and to observe a universal “National Moment of Remembrance” on each Memorial Day. This memorial observance represents a simple and unifying way to commemorate our history and honor the struggle to protect our freedoms.

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Remembrance (Continued from Page 8) departments and agencies, in consultation with the White House Program for the National Moment of Remembrance (Program), to promote a “National Moment of Remembrance” to occur at 3 p.m. (local time) on each Memorial Day. Recognizing that Memorial Day is a federal holiday, all executive departments and agencies, in coordination with the Program and to the extent possible and permitted by law, shall promote and provide resources to support a National Moment of Remembrance, including:

• Encouraging individual department and agency personnel, and Americans everywhere, to pause for one minute at 3 p.m. (local time) on Memorial Day, to remember and reflect on the sacrifices made by so many to provide freedom for all.

• Recognizing, in conjunction with Memorial Day, department and agency personnel whose family members have made the ultimate sacrifice for this Nation.

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In traditional observance of Memorial Day, the flag of the United States is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then solemnly lowered to the half-staff position, where it remains only until noon. It is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day. The half-staff position remembers the more than 1 million men and women who gave their lives in service of their country. At noon, their memory is raised by the living, who resolve not to let their sacrifice be in vain, but to rise up in their stead and continue the fight for liberty and justice for all.

The flying of the POW-MIA flag on all federal and U.S. military installations on Memorial Day was added to the tradition in 1998. The POW-MIA flag is to be half-staffed until noon along with the National flag.

Memorial Day started off as a somber day of remembrance; a day when Americans went to cemeteries and placed flags or flowers on the graves of our war dead. It was a day to remember ancestors, family members, and loved ones who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

But now, many people “celebrate” the day without more than a casual thought to the purpose and meaning of the day. The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War asks, How do we honor the 1.8 million that gave their lives for America since 1775? How do we thank them for their sacrifice?

Memorial Day is one day to remember.

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”

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