i'd like to thank everybody for participating in today's parade the weather when long with the program which was great if we could at this time we have all you want to come to a as a resident of belmont i'm honored to be here with you all today and this is a citizen of the united states i am blessed to stand with human honoring those who have given their lives in public service of our town of our commonwealth and of our nation particularly those who have served our country in the military in my faith tradition we read in sacred scripture no one has greater love than this to lay down one's money for one's friends today we have gathered to honor those who have served that not only their friends and family but who have and indeed lay down their minds for their country their fellow citizens for peace and justice and who laid down their lives for you and me i almighty any turtle god you have revealed your glory to all nations god of power and might of wisdom and justice through you authority is rightly administered the laws are enacted and the common good is served we give you thanks for those who have shown their great love for us and for our country by giving the most precious gift they have to give the gift of themselves help us to honor them by working to live up to our country's highest ideals and to live our lives in common under the rule of law of god who mercy is never withheld from those who call upon you in hope look kindly upon these public servants who departed this life in generous love for all of us watch over those who are now serving our commonwealth and our nation protect them as they have protected us we ask this in your name for god you are good and generous or have here and ever electronic systems center at hanscom air force base colonel clean is a distinguished graduate of the reserve officer training program at carnegie mellon university he has served in engineering and program management positions at airports headquarters and in the office of the secretary of defense he is a decorated officer with medals including the air force commendation any achievement medal please help me and welcome me colonel colleen as our first keynote speaker about a young boy named miles record use an eight year old was excited when he found a twenty dollar bill in a parking lot planted by a video game with his unexpected windfall until fate took him in a different direction while dining in a restaurant he noticed a uniform member of the air national guard at another table miles wrote a message and presented it twenty dollars to them in their soldier you know started my dad was a soldier and he's in heaven now i found this twenty dollars in the parking lot we like to pay it forward in my family today is your lucky day thank you his son personally i think his eight year old understand the moral day better than most of us ever will we gathered today to recorder and that missed and those who made the ultimate sacrifice pay homage to the bravery and express sympathy with their sufferings and our admiration for their achievement we also played yourselves to stand loyally by the institutions which they know we died he's fallen comrades keep watch of our nation's honor and we're here to pay tribute to celebrate those who did so much for us in eight hundred sixty eight major general  of time testify to present the coming generations that we have forgotten is a hope and cost in a free enterprise we continue to lose american heroes in afghanistan and military training and other missions around the world the loss to of revolution the present day we're also proud of the families who sacrificed so much long after the battlefield guns are silent the children of our fallen warriors will still be missing the parents spouses will still be without their life partners and parents will continue to grieve for historian and served as chief of historical services in the pentagon for fourteen years he also helped plan and execute the first u s military mission to ukraine in one nine hundred ninety three today general country dude serves as the director historical services and the office of the massachusetts adjutant general in charge of veterans records please join me in welcoming general cont over forty two million men and women have served the united states armed forces from seventeen so many to twenty fourteen on this day we remember the one million men and women who dug the kinds of our nation over thirty eight numbers of the belmont soldiers suitors marines an airman who died in the wars of the twentieth and twenty first centuries we're living once there was sons brothers and fathers they had dreams and aspirations instead their lives were cut short their families several of buried here in the summit terry and then their lives were cut short others w buried in u s military cemeteries in europe and in the pacific none wanted to die but were willing if need be to divide died in the defense of the nation and the families that they loved recently belmont was reminded by one of its citizens who served in vietnam lieutenant colonel david holmes was a graduate of belmont high school in boston university into the air force for morrow to see news directing fighter aircraft from his own observation aircraft when he was belmont we done vietnam are listed on the memorial wall in the library we honor colonel holmes his service and sacrifice today and all the americans who died in a war that begin fifty  hundred first airborne division he was killed in action in afghanistan on one november two thousand and ten and all protecting his fellow soldiers from the suicide bomber he gave his life that others could live let  own homes specialist curtis and the one million men and women who died keeping this country free so we can continue the enjoys the joy days like this and be with our family  been a true arthur hollow out from world war two robert as anderson joseph the joseph gallagher charles  all right with that said we're now off the last leg of the parade down to the high school i want to thank everybody who participated in today's ceremonies thank you very much for making this a great great parade and a great memorial day enjoy the rest of the day and thank you very much