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​Serving Those Who Served

The Lexington Veterans Association brings veterans and community members together in fellowship
​to be informed and inspired at our monthly speaker series.  
The Lexington Veterans have returned to
Cary Memorial Library​! 

Attend in person or via Zoom.


​Coming on April 10, 2023:
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"Lafayette in America, 1777-81 and 1824-25"
Presented by Alan Hoffman, retired attorney, Historian,and Lafayette Translator

Join us for our next presentation live at Cary Library​ and via Zoom webinar! It's free and open to the public. If you are watching via Zoom, register here to receive a Zoom link.

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According to Alan Hoffman, an expert on the Marquis de Lafayette, General Lafayette was the most popular person in America during the 19th Century. He was a hero of the American Revolution as both military giant and diplomat. He continually supported American interests abroad. And finally, he won America’s hearts all over again 50 years after the Revolution when he returned for a triumphant Farewell Tour.
 
On Monday, April 10, Alan Hoffman will describe Lafayette’s military and diplomatic roles which were so critical to the American victory. The program will be held at Cary Memorial Library and on Zoom with coffee and conversation at 12:45 pm and the program at 1:15 pm. 
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The Virginia Campaign of 1781 and the Siege of Yorktown are General Lafayette’s greatest contributions to the war effort. “Without the French Army and Navy, whose presence at Yorktown Lafayette’s diplomatic efforts were instrumental in procuring, we would likely be singing ‘God Save the King’”, says Hoffman.
 
In 1824-25, Gen. Lafayette returned to his adopted land for a 13-month visit, during which he visited all 24 States and Washington City and was treated as a conquering hero. He stopped at Lexington on September 24, 1824, and received a joyous welcome. Lafayette’s private secretary, Auguste Levasseur, wrote Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825, a first-hand account of the Tour, in 1829.  Alan Hoffman spent two years translating this account and will share some of its highlights and impacts. On September 11, 2022, the Lexington Historical Society installed a marker at Belfry Park to commemorate Lafayette’s historic visit. 
 
Alan Hoffman earned a BA from Yale and a JD from Harvard Law School.  He practiced law in Boston for 50 years. An avid reader of early American history, his translation of Lafayette in America, first published in 2006, is now in its third printing. He has given more than 200 talks on Lafayette and has spoken in every state and Washington, DC that Lafayette visited during the Farewell Tour.


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            Nominate a Candidate for the Pat Flynn Outstanding Youth Award  

The Lexington Veterans Association is proud to sponsor the Pat Flynn Outstanding Youth Award. This Award is designed to recognize a graduating Lexington senior who demonstrates those qualities exemplified by the original award founded in 1979. The Outstanding Youth Award in Lexington showcases our youth and their excellence.

The recipient of this award will be a graduating senior who has committed him or herself to community service, both in Lexington and our surrounding communities. The award highlights academic standing as well as leadership capabilities. A nominee who also demonstrates patriotism and a commitment to meeting the needs of the underserved, as modeled by Pat Flynn in his service to our community and country, will be considered for this award.
 
Nominate someone for the Pat Flynn Outstanding Youth Award.

Please consider a donation to the fund.  Make checks payable to Town of Lexington with the Pat Flynn Youth Award Fund on the memo line and mail to:
 
                                                             Town of Lexington
                                                              1625 Massachusetts Avenue
                                                              Lexington, MA 02420
                                                              Attn: Select Board




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Thanks to Dinesh Patel, MD, Sue Stering, and volunteers from the ​Lexington Town Celebrations Committee
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