A bittersweet day, as ground is broken for a new Veterans Home in Holyoke wamc.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wamc.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This past Memorial Day, Bill Scannell of Dorchester and a group representing the old Walsh Post #369 on Dunbar Avenue, which no longer exists, joined with Mayor Wu and Jon Santiago, the city’s commissioner of Veterans Affairs, at Walsh Playground on Washington Street near Lower Mills to honor the park’s namesake, Gunnery Sgt. William Gary Walsh, a Roxbury native who at age 22
"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin,” Truman's order read.
Mass governor marks 75th anniversary of ordered end to segregation in the military stripes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stripes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin,” Truman's order read.