Memorial Day in Dublin

Today was Dublin's Memorial Day celebration, and it was a truly wonderful time to be in New England. While Tampa has a parade, too, I don't think it comes close to equaling the simple charm of the event we witnessed today.

The whole Dublin School community started the day by meeting on our Upper Field to take a look at the five maple trees planted in honor of the five Dublin students we lost in World War II. Each tree had an American flag at its base. I was really surprised at how moving a tribute this was, and we'd never noticed they were there earlier in the year.

After leaving Upper Field, the whole school headed down to the Yankee Magazine parking lot to assemble for the parade. The parade starts in the town square and ends up about a half a mile down the road in the town cemetery. Many pups, like the one above, marched along with us. (Morgan sat out as we didn't know she was welcome. Maybe next year...)This is the color guard that led the parade of veterans. I might be able to march in next year's parade as any of the town's veterans can march. It was a thrill to talk to some of them beforehand and a few of them attended Dublin School in the 30's and 40's. One of the WWII vets was even tutored by our founding head, Paul Lehmann.

The Conval High School band from Peterboro, picture, led the procession to the cemetery. You can see the Yankee Magazine headquarters on the left and the town hall on the right.

The parade ended up at the town cemetery where we heard a wonderful speech from one of the town residents. I'm sorry this picture can't convey what we witnessed. Imagine these amazing men being honored with Dublin Lake right behind them and Mt. Monadnock in the background.

Happy Memorial Day!