Vietnam veterans who attended Medfield High School will be honored on a plaque outside their former school. The community is asked to review the list of names for accuracy.
In early November, Medfield's Vietnam veterans will be honored with a plaque to be located outside the former Amos Clark Kingsbury High School (now the Thomas A. Blake Middle School) at 24 Pound Street. The Vietnam plaque will be similar to the plaques at Dale Street School which honor the WWII and Korean War veterans who attended that school when it was the Hannah Adams Pfaff High School. The Medfield Veterans' Plaque Committee is creating a list of the the men and women who attended Medfield's high school and who also served in the Vietnam war between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975. Medfield Troop 10 Eagle Scout candidate Sam Marble came up with the idea of having the Vietnam Memorial located outside the front of the school, in …
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Blake Middle School
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Medfield High School
88r South St, Medfield, MA
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The May 27th rededication ceremony of the World War II Veteran's plaque at Dale Street School officially kicked off a memorable Memorial Day weekend – paying tribute to and honoring those who have served the Medfield community and country.
The recently unveiled World War II Veterans’ plaque mounted outside of Dale Street School has 153 names on it – remembering those from Medfield, specifically enrolled in the Hannah Adams Pfaff High School, who served in World War II during their teenage years. On May 27, nine of those 153 names on the list were present outside the school they once attended as guests of honor for the rededication ceremony of the plaque that was originally dedicated in their honor by the school’s Class of 1944. The scene of those nine veterans gathered together in front of the newly revealed plaque was one enjoyed by many in attendance. “It was great,” said Bob Maguire, Superintendent of Schools. “I have been here in the community for almost 20 years and I …
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Dale Street School
45 Adams St, Medfield, MA
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Donations to help replace the World War II Veterans' plaque outside the gymnasium of the Dale Street School can be made at Lord's Department store or mailed to the Medfield Foundation, 459 Main Street, Medfield MA 02052.
When Nancy Kelly Lavin first saw the World War II veterans’ plaque outside the Dale Street School’s gymnasium, she was surprised she had not noticed it before and then disappointed by its condition, as was her father, William J. Kelly Jr., whose name is on the plaque. The men and women listed on the plaque were teenage students in the building when it was the Hannah Adams Pfaff High School (from 1927 and 1951) when they enlisted. “Once I realized what I was looking at, I was sad,” said Lavin, noting the plaque has fallen into disrepair with names that are missing letters, and gold stars that have fallen off. “When my father Bill Kelly [of Lord’s Department Store] first saw the plaque, he immediately wanted to do something so he came up …
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Dale Street School
45 Adams St, Medfield, MA
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Jim Knowles
3:30 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
To my good personal friends Steve and Pete from Medfield that died. I have visited you both at "The Wall" in Washington long ago along with other friends I served with that are there with you. It is my great honor to have my name on the same memorial with you now in Medfield. All my Aloha, Jim Knowles more ›