Category: NA Vets

Veterans Services News

Run for the Troops Dinner and Silent Auction Nov 7th Indian Ridge Country Club

Town of North Andover, MA
You are receiving this email because you attended the 2025 Run for the Troops Dinner.

Tickets for the 2026 Dinner are now on sale. The dinner will be held on November 7 at Indian Ridge Country Club in Andover and we hope you will join us again to support our veterans and first responders.
Use the link or the QR code below to purchase your tickets.
PLEASE NOTE: Zeffy automatically adds a 17% service charge to your ticket price. THIS IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL. You can set it to 0% before you complete the purchase. The service charge goes to Zeffy, not Run for the Troops.


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.”
Marc 
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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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