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SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTIC NEWS
HAMPTON I American
Legion Post 35 in the
Hamptons invites the public
to attend this year's Memorial
Day observances, taking
place on Monday, May 25.
This year's programs will
be conducted at 8 a.m. at
the Hampton Beach Marine
Memorial on Ocean Boulevard;
9 am. at Weare Common
in Hampton Falls; 10
a.m. in North Hampton
(parade and gathering to
follow in front of the town
library on Atlantic Avenue);
and at 11 a.m. for the parade
through Hampton followed
by services at the High Street
Cemetery. In addition, all are
invited to enjoy hot dogs,
soda and live music from 12-
2 p.m. at the North Hampton
Gazebo, following the last
Hampton service.
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RYE I The Town of Rye
will conduct a Memorial
Day Ceremony on Monday',
May 25 at 9 a.m., beginning
with a short parade from
the town hall to the Central
Cemetery.
Participating in the parade
will be pipers and drummers
from the New Hampshire
Police Association Pipes and
BY MARK (HAG IR.
ATLANTIC NEWS STAFF WRITER
NORTH HAMPTON I
For more than 300 miles,
they marched. Carrying
their arms and supplies, off
to face a far more powerful
army, they marched.
And it was from North
Hampton, that they
marchcd.
Led by Captain Moses
Leavitt and Colonel Abraham
Drake, the local Patri-
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COMMUNITY
Post 35 hosts Memorial Day ceremonies
This year's guest speaker
is retired Lt. Col. Dwight
"Butch" Kranz, USMC 1968-
81 / USANG 1989-2004. Col.
Kranz is a 28 year military
Veteran who served in Vietnam
from December 1968
through August 1969, and
Croatia from December 1995
through August 1996. He
participated in the most successful
Marine Corps Operation
of the entire Vietnam
War, "Operation Dewey
Canyon" in March of 1969.
It was during this campaign,
when one of Butch's
Marines, PFC Alfred "Mac"
Wilson, earned the Medal of
Honor by jumping on a live
enemy grenade, saving the
lives of other Marines while.
losing his own. It was Butch
who wrote up the citation
for PFC Wilson. Butch went
to Odessa, Texas this past
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March for the 40th anniversary
of Wilson's death and
attended the dedication of
the US Post Office branch
that was named after this
brave Marine.
Butch served 13 years
in the Marine Corps and
15 years in the US Army
National Guard, including
being deployed to Croatia
in 1996. Butch went on to
become a high school teacher
from 1996 to his retirement
in 2008.
Col. Kranz has been
awarded more than 20 military
ribbons and medals,
including the Bronze Star
with a V-Device for Valor,
Purple Heart, Meritorious
Service Medal, Combat
'Action Ribbon, Sea Service
Ribbon, Vietnamese Campaign,
Vietnamese Service
Ribbon, Vietnamese Cross of
Rye to host Memorial Day ceremony •
Drums, the Rye Police and
Fire Departments, the Winnacunnet
Marine JrROTC
Color Guard, Veterans, the
Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and
vintage Fire Department
trucks.
The guest speaker is Al
Weston, a founding member
of the Pease Greeters. Rye
clergy, will say the Invocation
and the Benediction.
Music will be provided by
Karrie Burnett. Immediately
after the ceremony, refreshments
will be provided by
the Rye Historical Society.
Awards will be presented
to the winners of the Poster
and Writing Contests from
the Rye Elementary and
Junior High Schools. The
winning posters will be
available for viewing and the
winning poems and essays
will be read.
Rye has lost Soldiers, Sailors,
Airmen, Marines and
Merchant Seamen in armed
conflicts to include 38 lost
in the American Revolution.
The town also remembers on
this occasion those firemen
and police officers who were
lost in the line of duty. In
view of Operation Iraqi Free-
dom and the ongoing War
on Terrorism, all residents
are encouraged to attend this
Memorial Day Ceremony.
Members of the VFW
extend a personal invitation
to all Veterans to come and
march in the parade. There is
no need to be a member of a
Veterans organization to participate.
Those with physical
limitations may sit among
March into Revolutionary War history with
North Hampton Historical Society
ots marched from North
Hampton all the way to
New York, where they took
part in what is now known
as the "Battle of Saratoga,"
in 1777, one year after the
outbreak of the American
Revolution.
Now, history fans,
descendants and residents
alike are invited to relive
this chapter of American
history, at an upcoming
presentation courtesy of the
North Hampton Historical
Society.
All are invited to attend
the "North Hampton Revolutionary
Militia at Saratoga"
program, beginning
at 7 p.m. on Monday, May
18 at the United Church of
Christ, located 295 Atlantic
Avenue, North Hampton.
The program, which is
free and open to the public,
provides a "colorful history
of the North Hampton
militia," that "marched 318
miles to deliver critically
needed cannons and face
the most powerful army in
the world." It will be presented
by Jenny Landman
and Penny Holbert.
The Battle of Saratoga
is actually a generic reference
to a pair of battles that
occurred in September and
October, 1777, near Saratoga,
New York. The British
troops, led by General John
Burgoyne, were invading
from Quebec in an attempt
to march through New York
and, in essence, split New
England apart from the rest
of the colonies.
Gallantry, Naval Unit Citation,
Philippine Unit Citation,
NATO Service Medal
and other National Guard
ribbons
Col. Kranz is a Hampton
resident and is married
to former US Navy nurse,
Capt. Helen Kranz. They
have four children and four
grandchildren. Helen was
Post 35's first-ever female
Veteran speaker, and together
they are the first husbandand-wife
Veterans to have
both served as Post 35 guest
speakers.
The community is invited
to join Post 35 and Lt. Col.
Dwight "Butch" Kranz in
honoring all of those military
Veterans who lost their
Lives in all of this nation's
wars. For more information
call (603) 929-4695.
fellow Veterans during the
ceremony.
In the event of rain, the
ceremony will be held in
the fellowship hall of the
Rye Congregational Church,
located at 580 Washington
Road in Rye. For more information,
contact Jim Cullen at
(603) 964-9918.
VICTORIOUS — Commander Horatio Gates accepts the
surrender from Great Britain's General John Burgoyne
following the Battle of Saratoga in this 1822 painting by John
Trumbull. The public can find out how North Hampton troops
helped in the battle at an upcoming presentation at the United
Church of Christ.
— Atlantic News Courtesy Graphic
The effort failed at the
Battle of Saratoga, when the
general surrendered 6,222
troops at the hands of American
commander Horatio
Gates as well as then-patriot
Benedict Arnold.
How did the small eastern
seaside town of North
Hampton play a key role
in this crucial moment in
the nation's history? Find
out at the North Hampton
Historical Society's free presentation
on Monday, May
18. Refreshments will follow
the program.