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desiringsubject.livejournal.com ([identity profile] desiringsubject.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2008-09-13 11:20 am
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Memorial?? With guns?

There was just a memorial of some sort on the corner of Packard and Powder House, scaring the dickens out of me with what I think was a 3 gun salute. Followed by taps. The uniforms involved looked American Legion-ish.

Any thoughts?

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_mattt/ 2008-09-13 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder if the ceremony was in honor of the person whom the intersection is named after. This may have been the anniversary of their death. I occasionally run there, and I'll see if that intersection has been named in honor of a veteran. People occasionally replace the wreaths and flowers on some of the nameplates, but I've never seen it accompanied by a three-gin salute.

[identity profile] ukelele.livejournal.com 2008-09-13 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I imagine a three-gin salute is fairly common at Tufts...