Salem Celebrates Designation as 'Birthplace of National Guard'
City and state officials gathered at City Hall Thursday morning to celebrate Salem's recent designation as 'The Birthplace of the American National Guard'.
The following press release was submitted by Kathryn Prael: Congressman John Tierney, Mayor Kim Driscoll, Major General L. Scott Rice, Commander, Massachusetts Air National Guard and other local leaders hosted a ceremony earlier today to mark Salem’s federal designation as the birthplace of the National Guard. Last week, President Obama signed Congressman Tierney’s legislation recognizing Salem as the Guard’s birthplace, the culmination of an effort started in the Salem City Council and successfully passed through the State House of Representatives and Senate. “It has been a privilege to work with state and local leaders on this important legislation, which pays tribute to those who first defended our country and honors those men and women…
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Jack Carver
11:42 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
What a Great honor, It does bring to light how great the atrocities that where committed by the PEM and the lies they told to commit them. http://www.salemweb.com/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi?pg=next&topic=13750&page=41763 http://www.salemweb.com/history/armory/ more ›