‘We Are New Englanders and We Are Proud’
The town of Arlington, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, is a thriving community with strong public schooling and beautiful New England scenery. Two-and-a-half centuries ago, however, the town was known as Menotomy, and its inhabitants were called to arms to fight for the sovereignty of a forming nation. About 12 miles south of Arlington, in Needham, Massachusetts, VFW Post 2498 honored the lives...