Tag: Veterans

  • Memorial Day

    NORTHVILLIANS, During my childhood, the remembrance ceremony at Rural Hill Cemetery embodied what Memorial Day weekend was all about for our family … My mother was born on Armistice Day, the day WWI ended.  As a young adult, she was a “Rosie the Riveter” at the Willow Run B24 Liberator Bomber plant in Ypsilanti, which was…

  • VFW’s 80th Anniversary

    NORTHVILLIANS, In the next week, we will be celebrating the 80th anniversary of our VFW (Northville Post 4012). During my childhood, the remembrance ceremony that VFW organized on Memorial Day was the highlight of the weekend, and it is still extremely important to the community. Sacrifice for this country that we all love has been…

  • Memorial Day

    NORTHVILLIANS, During my childhood, the remembrance ceremony at Rural Hill Cemetery embodied what Memorial Day weekend was all about for our family…. My mother was born on Armistice Day, the day WWI ended.  As a young adult, she was a “Rosie the Riveter” at the Willow Run B24 Liberator Bomber plant in Ypsilanti, which was part of…

  • Veterans Day

    NORTHVILLIANS, First, I want to again thank each of you for assisting our community in having a safe and enjoyable Halloween celebration in town. Additionally, a lot is going on with the new street bollards that allow us to easily open and close the streets for festivals, parades, events and to support seasonal closing. We reopened…

  • Memorial Day

    NORTHVILLIANS, It’s truly my honor & pleasure to share a few words with you about Memorial Day. During my childhood, the remembrance ceremony at Rural Hill Cemetery was the most important part of the weekend for our family (and this tradition continues today). Patriotism was part of our lives growing up, with my father being a WWII Marine and…

  • Veterans Day

    NORTHVILLIANS, First, I want to thank each of you for assisting our community in having a safe and enjoyable Halloween celebration in town. It was fantastic seeing Northvillians go “all out” decorating their homes for the thousands of youths that converge on our downtown. If you haven’t walked the downtown area during Halloween, it is…