This Sunday, Sept. 20 at 10 a.m. the Rotary Clubs of Newton and Stow will be helping to recognize the service and sacrifice of Auburndale native Corporal. Richard Likely.
Cpl. Likely was killed in Vietnam in April 1971 before he had the chance to meet his unborn daughter Val.
On Sunday Val Likely will be presented with her father’s military medals, a US flag that flew over the Capitol Building in his honor, and a proclamation from the mayor’s office.
The short ceremony will be held on the Richard A. Likely Memorial Bridge, which spans the Mass Pike on Auburn Street in Auburndale (just up the hill from Tom’s Pizza, Boca Bella Restaurant and the Knotty Pine).
More information about Cpl. Likely is available at The Virtual Wall
A very nice, simple ceremony honoring a person, who gave his life in the service of our country. It reaffirms that you do not need a big marketing extravaganza event in order to remember our true heroes. People came to pay their respect to Richard, his mother and Val. Thank you to those who made the effort to make this happen.
Ah, I got to know his Mom, Nicky, very well in my last job. She is a gem of a Gold Star Mother, one hell of a lady.