The Cambridge Veterans’ Organization (CVO) and the City's Department of Veterans’ Services will hold their annual Patriots' Day Observance Monday, Apr. 18, at 10:30 a.m, on Cambridge Common.
City Offices will be closed for the holiday. Trash and recycling pickup will be one day behind. The make up day for street cleaning scheduled for Monday, April 18 will be Friday, April 29.
The offices at the Cambridge Cemetery at 76 Coolidge Avenue will be closed on Monday, April 18, however the gates will be open from dawn to dusk.
For the Veterans' Observance event, Philip Anderson, President, of the Cambridge Veterans' Organization will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Mayor E. Denise Simmons will extend the city’s greetings. Major Jessamyn Liu, United States Army, will deliver the keynote address.
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 Simmons.
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 more information, call Cambridge Veterans’ Services at 617-349-4761. Fax inquiries 617-349-4097. TTY: 617-492-0235.