by Travis Partington | Sep 29, 2022 | Podcast
Abington Massachusetts Veterans Service Officer Adam Gunn reached out to me about interviewing two brothers who served during World War Two. Pat, “Skinny”, who is 101 years old and his brother Walter who is 99 years old grew up and served out of Abington,...
by Travis Partington | Apr 26, 2022 | Blog
The United States Veterans Vietnam Era Post 2 held a ceremony on Sunday, April 24th to mark the end of the Vietnam War at the Town of Abington MA War Memorial. Thanks to Paster Kristy Coburn for the prayer and Abington Veterans’ Services Officer Adam Gunn for...
by Travis Partington | Dec 8, 2021 | Blog
I was at the Abington, MA VFW Post on December 5th, when I saw this notice on the bulletin board about Save the Sketches, a Community Heritage Project being organized by the Dyer Memorial Library (http://dyerlibrary.org/). The project was to give voice to Civil War...
by Travis Partington | Aug 3, 2018 | Podcast
Episode 105 – Richard Fitts Jr’s Family at The Wall that Heals I had first met Richard Fitts Jr. when we were talking about his documentary 21 Years a Folded Flag. ( Episode 92 – 21 Years a Folded Flag ) This is a labor of love for a father he could...
by Travis Partington | May 30, 2018 | Blog
Richard Fitts Jr. invited to come watch the pre-release version of “21 Years a Folded Flag” at the Bridgewater, MA Public Library. I was pleased to see how many people came to support Richard and Rudy’s labor of love. It was standing room only by...
by Travis Partington | May 12, 2018 | Podcast
Episode 92 – 21 Years a Folded Flag I met with Richard Fitts Jr. and Rudy Childs on a cold April Sunday. Believe it or not it can get really cold and nasty during Spring in New England. We were meeting to talk about his documentary, “21 Years a Folded...
