Brattleboro American Legion Post #5 will hold traditional services starting at 9:15 a.m. Monday at the Gilbert memorial on Main Street next to the Co-op and then moving on to Prospect Hill Cemetery, St. Michaels Cemetery, Veterans Memorial Bridge on Putney Rd. and Locust Ridge Cemetery.
Following these there will be a ceremony on the Brattleboro Common at approximately 11 a.m. The ceremony will include guest speaker Tom Costello (a Vietnam war Marine Veteran) and include speakers from VFW Post 1034, Brattleboro American Legion Post #5 as well as selections played by the Brattleboro American Legion Band. Included in the ceremony on the Common will be a presentation of a Purple Heart to the Historical Society by the family of Dorr Sprague who died in action in Guadalcanal in 1941-42.
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BRATTLEBORO â Pour a cup of tea, or a glass of wine, or just sit back and relax to revel in the words of Tim Mayo and Jeff Friedman. The poets will read from their work at an online event sponsored by Brooks Memorial Library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
Tim Mayoâs poems and reviews have appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, Poet Lore, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Verse Daily, Verse-Virtual and The Writerâs Almanac among other places. His poems have received seven Pushcart Prize nominations. His first full length collection, âThe Kingdom of Possibilities,â was a finalist for the 2009 May Swenson Award. His second volume of poems, âThesaurus of Separation,â was a finalist for the 2017 Montaigne Medal and a finalist for the 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award, and his chapbook, âNotes to the Mental Hospital Timekeeper,â was published by Kelsay Books in late 2019 and won an Honorable Mention in the
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BRATTLEBORO â A multimedia exhibit at 118 Elliot celebrates the completion of the Brattleboro Words Trail, a community project consisting of audio stories linked to places in and around Brattleboro.
The public is invited to listen to these stories on their phones while viewing large, hand-carved clay maps commissioned for the Trail at âExploring Our Storied Landscape: Brattleboro Words Trail Murals, Maps and Sound.â The multimedia exhibit opens on Friday, with an opening reception behind 118 Elliot from 4 to 8 p.m., during Gallery Walk. The rain date is Saturday, at the same time. The exhibit will remain through September, and a larger Summer Trail exhibit will open July 2 at 118 Elliot.
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BRATTLEBORO â Question: What possibly could electric bikes and the Brooks Memorial Library have in common? Answer: Itâs the Brattleboro E-Bike Lending Library and itâs coming to the library Friday.
The Brattleboro E-Bike Lending Library is an innovative effort in collaboration with the Brooks Memorial Library to provide area residents an opportunity to take home an e-bike for five full days and get a real-world sense of how an electric bicycle can fit into their lives. This project is made possible by Local Motion through a VTrans grant and is locally coordinated by VBike, Brattleboro Energy Committee, Brattleboroâs Sustainability Office and Brattleboro Time Trade. Local Motionâs funding paid for two great bikes, bike accessories, a reservation platform, and insurance coverage.