Moulton to Lead Nationwide Effort to Host Veterans Town Halls
November 1st, 2017
Hosting Third Annual Veterans Town Hall in Marblehead on November 11th
Salem, MA – On Saturday, November 11, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) will host his third annual Veterans Town Hall. This year, Moulton is leading a nationwide effort to host Veteran Town Halls across the country. Over Veterans Day weekend, organizations and congressional offices representing both political parties will participate in this special event.
The first Vets Town Hall was held on Veterans Day 2015. The idea, conceived by author Sebastian Junger, was simple but powerful: to provide a forum for veterans to share the pride, grief, or quiet appreciation of life that war bestowed upon them and for non-veterans to listen and to learn.
Moulton, a Marine combat veteran, hosted the first Veterans Town Hall in Marblehead, Massachusetts — held in historic Abbott Hall, the community’s town hall and gathering place for nearly 150 years. Several hundred local residents turned out to hear the unique stories of nearly two dozen veterans. These community forums establish greater understanding between local veterans and the friends and neighbors they served. These veterans represented every branch of the military and every military conflict dating back to World War II. The oldest storyteller, Bill Needleman, was a 100-year old Army Air Corps veteran who participated in the Normandy invasion on D-Day.
Veterans Town Halls give veterans of all wars a chance to address their community directly and without intermediaries. A veteran speaking at a Veteran Town Hall will look out over a crowd that has many familiar faces in it, as well as complete strangers. These are the people he risked his life for. These are the people she went to war for. No one goes to war and returns home unaffected. It’s not fair—or healthy—for veterans to be left alone with these burdens. They belong to all of us.
WHO: Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA)
WHAT: Veterans Town Hall
WHEN: Saturday, November 11,11:00 AM
WHERE: Abbot Hall, 188 Washington St, Marblehead, MA 01945
RSVP: Matt Corridoni, (202) 603-1859
To learn more about Congressman Seth Moulton visit https://moulton.house.gov or connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Medium.
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