The City of Cambridge’s Department of Veterans’ Services will hold their annual Patriot’s Day Observance on Monday, April 16th on the Cambridge Common. The Observance will begin at 10:15 AM.
Philip Anderson, President, of the Cambridge Veterans' Organization will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Mayor Marc C. McGovern will extend the city’s greetings.
The event will be highlighted by a reenactment of Patriot William Dawes, Jr., historic horseback ride from Boston to Cambridge alerting the colonists of the British threat of 1775. Patriot Dawes, dressed in colonial garb, will deliver the alert to Mayor McGovern.
A Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Drama student, will read the Governor’s Patriots’ Day Proclamation. A CRLS music student will sing the National Anthem and God Bless America.
For additional information please call Cambridge Veterans’ Services at
617-349-4760.