2013 Enfield CT Memorial Day Speaker Urges Help for Returning War Veterans
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Posted on May 31, 2013
Article & Photos by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb “This current generation of warriors has stood shoulder to shoulder with past generations of warriors.” That message was delivered by 58th House District Representative David Alexander (D-Enfield), a captain in the Marine Corps reserves, to the crowd gathered May 26 on the town green in Enfield, Connecticut for the Memorial Day ceremony which followed a parade. Alexander, who completed four years of active duty in the Pacific and California, said he did not do anything extraordinary during that time. However, he said his fellow service members most certainly have, making sacrifices to serve the nation in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan just as other Americans had sacrificed since 1775, the time of the American Revolution. Alexander…