Quabbin Memorial Day

Quabbin Memorial Day

Like communities all across the United States, the towns of the Swift River Valley commemorated their war dead each year on Memorial Day until those towns ceased to exist in 1938. Quabbin Park Cemetery became the center of Memorial Day services for those towns and...
Gold Star Mother

Gold Star Mother

Gold Star Mother is a title Kathleen Belanger says she never wanted, a title given to a woman who has lost her son or daughter in the line of duty, while serving in the U.S. military. Her son, Army Sgt. Greg Belanger, had just turned 24 years old when he was killed in...
Lisa Ducharme

Lisa Ducharme

Belchertown Air Force veteran Lisa Ducharme was working in the Pentagon when it was attacked on September 11th, 2001. She shares her story of the events of that day with Producer Tony Dunne and Videographer Mark...

World War II Vet Milt Berman

Prior to his passing in February of 2010, Milt Berman served as a Captain in the US Army and piloted the P47 Thunderbolt in World War Two. For his heroic achievement while participating in aerial flights over Europe, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with...

Saluting Service & Sacrifice

Marine Sergeant Joshua Bouchard of Granby, MA was on his second deployment when he lost his left leg and broke his back after his vehicle drove over a pressure plated IED in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on July 8th, 2009. While out on a night mission, Sgt. Bouchard...