28 September, 2020
Dear Comrades:
Hopkinton Senior Center Director Amy Beck has received permission from the Board of Health and Dept. of Parks and Recreation for the First Friday Veterans Breakfast to gather at the town common (weather permitting) on Friday, October 2, at 9:00am, (with Friday, October 9th as a rain date). Our group size is limited to 50 people, so you should quickly reply "yes" to this email if you are going to attend.
Breakfast will be donated by Dunkin' Donuts consisting of coffee, donuts, and muffins. Chairs will be arranged with social distancing. You will be required to wear a mask. It can be removed while you are seated and eating. 6 feet of social distancing is strongly encouraged. Hank Allessio will do his regular remembrances, sick calls, and day in history.
A guest from the Natick Soldier System Center will present a "Show and Tell" on load carriage design (AKA back packs). Mr. Rich Landry is a former paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne who served as a Pathfinder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Pathfinder_School
army.mil/article/204059/worth_the_weight_improved_rucksack_design_to_hit_the_field_later_this_year
Dress appropriately -- it's October!
Hope to see you this Friday.. Out.
Hank Allessio
