Washington DC Memorial
May 15, 2008 - Doug Mellis -- MPA Executive Board -- Each year since 2000 members of the Massachusetts Police Association Executive Board who have attended the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Police Week ceremonies have been posting memorial placards at the police wall. These stickers have been prepared by Paul Foerster of Longmeadow, Ma and have resulted in many words of praise from the survivors of these “Line of Duty” officers’ family members as well as co-workers.
As you can this year we have modified the placard. Instead of individual stickers we have replicated the panel number with all the names and printed a total of 87 individual placards containing the names of our fallen Massachusetts members. Unfortunately there are some panels that contain more than 10 names of our fallen members.
We will continue to honor our fallen members each and every year at this ceremony as well as at the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial at Ashburton Park at the State House in Boston. The Massachusetts Police Association with a membership of over 22,000 and the oldest association in Massachusetts having started in1900, has paid for the inscription of all the names on both Memorials and will continue to do so.
This year’s Washington Candlelight was the 20th anniversary and the 18th for me as I had started attending in 1990 when a participant in the East Coast memorial run to raise money for the Memorial. I have many fond memories of these candlelight services have been in the presence of many survivors and their immediate families like Doris Beauregard Shecrallah, Ann Schivina, Carole Perry, Bob Shaw, Deb Noyes, the Vitales, the Griffiths and many more. I believe this remembrance of these officers is a small tribute for what they have paid for with their lives. It has been an honor to have a part in this tribute and I look forward to the day when there are no names to be added.
Doug Mellis
MPA Executive Board
Brian Gerardi Posting new Memorial Placard from MPA at Memorial wall in DC May-13-2008
MPA Placard at Memorial Wall
Kevin Sullivan posting MPA Placard
President James Machado Posting MPA Placard at Wall
Rich Courtney posting MPA Memorial Placard
Tim King Posting Placards
Craig Floyd Exec Director NLEOMF
Deb Noyes -Jim Macahdo - Suzie Sawyer Exec Dir COPS
Deb Noyes North East COPS Rep & Jim Machado
Doug Mellis - Jim Machado - Deb Noyes
Hingham PD Honor Guard DC 2008
Brian Gerardi & Kevin Sullivan
President James Machado - Director of Law Enforcement relations NLEOMF John Shanks - Doug Mellis MPA
Tim King - Rich Courtney at Candle light
Capital Hill at Police Ceremony Washington DC 05-15-2008
Police Memorial Wall 05-15-2008
President Jim Machado and members of the Bedford and Billerica Police Department at Police Week 5-15-2008
President Jim Machado at NLEOMF Lion
TIm King, Constable Bob Terry,Jim Machado,Constable Malcolm Cable of the Surrey England Police Department at Police Ceremony Washington DC 05-15-2008
Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter & MPA President James Machado after Candlelight Vigil May 13, 2008
Dartmouth Police Officers
Washington DC Capital
President Machado on Stage at Police Memorial Fund
President Machado on State at National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Event
MSP Honor Guard at DC Memorial Back Row L-R Gerald Shea, Steve Pacifico - Front row l-r Dan Baker, Gene Lawrence-Tim Blackwell, Kevin Sweeney, Sean Leblanc-Mike Ahern
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