At Provincetown Cemetery Time: 10 a.m. Location: Civil War Veterans Grave After an introduction by master of ceremonies Jim Keefe, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Provincetown and the […]
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MEMORIAL DAY 2021
The Civil War Memorial Reminds Us of Our Racist Past
We cannot change history, but we can face it to build ‘a more perfect union’
I strolled through the Gifford section of the Provincetown Cemetery recently, reading the inscriptions on headstones I found intriguing. Many of the people named on those stones are not in […]
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With Poppies, We Remember
How a wildflower came to evoke lives lost in war
Even in our current predicament, there’s no stopping nature. The daffodils have come and gone, and now the beach plum is fully abloom. The lilacs have begun to release their […]
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Let’s Do Launch
With a strong crew, a family sets out on an excursion around Truro’s Pamet Harbor. In Provincetown, Mike Winkler’s crane service places Flyer’s shuttle in the water. Boating is allowed […]