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Lexington Veterans to Participate in Patriots' Day Parade!

Thanks to the generosity of local business leader Johnny Carroll, The Lexington Veterans Association will participate in the 2025 Patriots' Day Parade, joining more than 100 other groups on Saturday, April 19 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington.

LexVets will transform Mr. Carroll's flatbed trailer and truck into a patriotic float to honor our veterans. Peter Kelley, co-Grand Marshal of the 2022 Patriots' Day Parade, and his son Brian are donating labor to outfit the float, including limited seating.

Ed LoTurco, team leader for the project, encourages all veterans to participate. "You are probably planning to attend the parade already," he says, "so why not join your fellow veterans and march alongside a float that honors our veterans!"

This flatbed trailer will be transformed into a patriotic float for Patriots' Day on Saturday, April 19

Join us on Monday, February 10, 2025

"The Life Savers of World War II: The Story of the Breakthrough American Medical Strategies Pivotal in Keeping Our Troops Safe and Fit to Fight”

Presented by Wendy Schoenbach Reasenberg

Live at Brookhaven at Lexington and via Zoom, free and open to the public.
Coffee and conversation at 12:45, program begins at 1:15 p.m.

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Wendy Reasenberg

Much has been written about World War II, but many contributions that were pivotal to the victory remain largely unknown 80 years later. One such contribution had to do with controlling infectious diseases and preventing epidemics that could cripple the Armed Forces. As he prepared the U.S. for World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew, from his experience as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in World War I, that in war, typically more soldiers die of disease and infection than from wounds sustained in battle. The Army Epidemiological Board (AEB) was established in January 1941 “For the Investigation and Control of Influenza and Other Epidemic Diseases in the Army.” Wendy Reasenberg will discuss the vital contributions of the AEB, focusing on one of its members, her father, Dr. Emanuel B. Schoenbach, who served as a doctor in the U.S. Army in WWII.

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Wendy Reasenberg has written a book about the amazing contributions of her father, Dr. Emmanuel Schoenbach and the Army Epidemiological Board in controlling infectious diseases among our troops.
Everyone attending the lecture will receive a free copy of this book, compliments of the author.

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