Stow Veterans Day Breakfast,  November 11, 2019, First Parish of Stow & Acton, Stow, MA
Channel: Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley
Date: 2019-11-25

On November 11, 2019, attendees of the Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley's annual Veterans Day Breakfast enjoyed a hearty breakfast while honoring our military veterans (shown, posing together, in first photo) at the First Parish Church of Stow and Acton in Stow, MA. Everyone was welcome to attend. All veterans were free.
 
The breakfast featured a presentation from the keynote speaker, Colonel Arvid Hill, director of international affairs and director of plans, operations and readiness for the Massachusetts National Guard. He spoke on “Honor Veterans Today but Appreciate Them Always.” 
 
Colonel Hill's positions involve strategic planning, organizational assessment, and building partner capacity with our state’s partnership-program countries of Kenya and Paraguay.  
Colonel Hill’s awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Army Achievement Medal. Previous duty assignments include command of the 110th Maintenance Company in Ayer, MA and command of the 126th Brigade Support Battalion in Springfield, MA as well as multiple other duty assignments throughout Massachusetts. 

Colonel Hill was deployed during 2003-2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom at Tallil Air Base in Iraq. He is a graduate of the United States Army War College, holds two masters degrees, and lives with his family in Dudley, MA.

Also addressing the Veterans Day Breakfast attendees were state Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton) and State Rep. Kate Hogan (D-Bolton). Nashoba Valley Rotarian Howard Kendall, who is a veteran, welcomed the attendees, Troop 1 Stow led the opening flag ceremony and Pledge of Allegiance and the closing flag ceremony

The video was taken by Lewis Halprin, of Halprin Helpers for Stow Public Access.

To view and download photos of the Stow Veterans Day Breakfast, visit  https://photos.app.goo.gl/Q5BanpWnzrLzSAwQ9.

To learn more about Nashoba Rotary, visit http://www.nashobarotary.org.

To learn more about Rotary District 7910, which serves 50 clubs in Central Massachusetts and Metrowest, visit http://www.rotary7910.org.