Category: NA Vets

Veterans Services News

Fwd: October Merrimack Valley Veterans Collaborative Meeting

Town of North Andover, MA
Please see announcement for Merrimac Valley Veterans Collaborative on October 13th, from 10–12, at the North Andover Senior Center, 481 Sutton Street, North Andover, MA. 
Joe

Veteran Pathways Comedy night and dinner Friday Oct 2nd 6pm

Town of North Andover, MA

Newburyport Veterans Outreach Event Wednesday September 23rd, 12-1:30

Town of North Andover, MA

Wednesday, September 23, 2026
12:00–1:30 p.m.
Newburyport Senior/Community Center
331 High Street, Newburyport, MA

This free event brings veterans and community members together to learn about the many programs, activities, services, and opportunities available to veterans in our area. Our goal is to highlight the organizations doing this work and help the entire community better understand what’s out there.

There is a also a Jersey Mike Sub free for any attending veteran. Please pass it along to whomever should receive it, and we’ll see you there if you can make it. Thanks,

Fwd: FRIENDLY REMINDER: ECSD POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony [Friday, September 18, 2026]

Town of North Andover, MA

Memorial Dedication Ceremony

Sarah Brush

Join us for the Memorial Dedication Ceremony of the Late 20th Century Conflicts & Global War on Terror Memorial on September 11, 2026 at 11:00am.

There will be a shuttle available form the from the North Andover VFW Post 2104 to Patriots Memorial Park starting at 10:15 on Friday.

LSP Capt James A. Mulligan Square

Town of North Andover, MA
The next Lawrence Square Project:


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WW 2, Korean War, Vietnam War Aviator/Prisoner of War 

James A. Mulligan Square
August 27 (Thursday)
Here is information from our friends in Lawrence regarding the next square dedication,
4pm
Intersection of Everett St and Salem St
A blurb from my research and portion to be published:
“On March 20, 1966, he was a piloting an A-4C Skyhawk on a mission to bomb a bridge used for an enemy supply line. This was a routine mission for the experienced Mulligan, with his 4 months of aerial combat in North Vietnam. However, as he approached his target, he was hit by a surface to air missile. In his book, “The Hanoi Commitment,” Mulligan wrote that he “couldn’t see the console because of the black smoke that filled the cockpit, the heat was getting intense and the muffled explosion from the engine told me that the end was near. I was hurting from the blow to my chest. All I could think of was, turn for the sea and safety, but the stick still wouldn’t budge and I was helplessly just along for the ride in my disintegrating Skyhawk. It was the first scratch I had on my 80th mission. Until that time, I hadn’t had a scratch.”  Mulligan ejected, and after about 15 to 20 minutes lying in a rice paddy unconscious, was found by locals and brought to the North Vietnamese authorities. This would be the first of his 2522 days in captivity as a POW.”
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9-11-01 25th Ceremony of Remembrance

Town of North Andover, MA
To All,

Please join the North Andover Fire Department as we remember the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

The ceremony will take place on Friday, September 11th, at 9:00 AM at Station 2 (9 Salem Street).

Attached is the flyer for this year's ceremony. We hope to see you there as we honor those we lost and those who continue to be affected by the events of 25 years ago.

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LSP SSgt Phillip V. Moore Square

Town of North Andover, MA
Will you please send this information out to your list? 
The next Lawrence Square Project:

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WW 2 Army Veteran and Veterans' Advocate 

Phillip V. Moore Square
August 20 (Thursday)
4pm
Intersection of Broadway and Concord St
A blurb from my research and portion to be published:
“Besides the Bronze Star for bravery, he received the Purple Heart for injuries in combat, and the Combat Infantryman’s Medal for his participation in ground combat.  When he returned home, he worked as a short order cook at Cedar Crest – the early morning shift. 'At 5am, he opened the restaurant and there would be people waiting for Phil Moore’s oatmeal,' said Frank Cain in an Eagle Tribune article. 'There was many a guy who came in and didn’t have a dime, but they had a meal because Phil Moore gave it to them.'”  

LSP – Pfc Joseph V. Miele Square

Town of North Andover, MA
From our friends in Lawrence:
The next Lawrence Square Project:

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Army Veteran Killed in Action during the Korean War 
Joseph V. Miele Square
August 13 (Thursday)
4pm
Intersection of Lawrence St and Chestnut St
A blurb from my research and portion to be published:
“Miele was 16 years old when World War 2 ended. Certainly, he and his classmates believed and hoped that the war’s end would usher a period of peace and prosperity. Little did he know when he received his diploma that within three years, another major war would break out and he would be in the middle of Korea fighting in one of the bloodiest battles in that war. Miele, a light weapons infantryman, died from wounds suffered in the battle at Heartbreak Ridge, six months after entering the army. He was killed by shrapnel while he was in a foxhole, during the time when the “on again, off again” peace negotiations between the North Koreans and the United States/United Nations broke down.”