Our Marines
2019 – The Honor Guard from Fort Devens
We were pretty lucky in 2019 with TWO Marines in attendance! And I have GySgt Machado to thank for that. In September of...
2018
This was the first year I actually “signed up” for a Marine. I didn’t know that was a thing! But, boy, did they...
GO BIG OR GO HOME! RIP, My Friend
“GO BIG OR GO HOME!” I hesitated to ask high school friend and Marine Veteran Paul Parsons if he would be our 2017 Marine…he’d...
2017 – PFC Paul Parsons
I was hesitant to ask Paul at first, so I asked his wife Laura. We had all gone to Salem High School together,...
Go Big or Go Home. RIP CPL Brendan Landry
It is with profound sadness that I share the news of our Marine, Brendon Landry’s passing. I had been trying to connect with...
2015 CPL Brendan Landry
I can’t remember how I found CPL Landry – a friend of a friend on facebook perhaps? We were delighted that CPL Landry,...
2014 Father and Son Duo
This was a special year, with father and son being our guests of honor! I was asked not to reveal their names but...
2013 – PFC Andrew Slingsby
We didn’t have a Marine our first year, I am not sure why we didn’t think to, except that our very first year...