{"id":9053,"date":"2008-06-12T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=9053"},"modified":"2021-03-29T00:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T05:59:10","slug":"framingham-flag-day-festival-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2008\/06\/12\/arts-culture\/framingham-flag-day-festival-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"FRAMINGHAM FLAG DAY FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FRAMINGHAM, MA <\/strong>-- This Saturday and Sunday, June 14th & 15th, the Framingham Celebration Committee with the support of Framingham Park & Recreation, will be holding the 2008 Flag Day festival at Cushing Memorial Park. Cushing Park is on Dudley Road and was formerly called Tercentennial Park. The festival will include a Civil War encampment and battle re-enactment being called the \u201cBattle of Farm Pond.\" More than 200 civil war re-enactors are expected to participate in the encampment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival hours are 10am till 4pm on both days and the public can park onsite through the park entrance off Dr. Harvey Cushing Way. There will be a craft show with approximately 50 vendors, live music, festival food and fun for the kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s festival entertainment will be kicked-off by a local favorite. Sergeant Dan Clark, formerly of the Massachusetts State Police, is known as \u201cthe singing trooper\u201d and will begin the musical line-up that also includes patriotic tunes by the Natick American Legion Band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The battle scene re-enactment will begin at 1pm on each day. The Battle of Farm Pond name was chosen to
give it a Framingham connection. The scene is expected to be authentic to the smallest detail, including uniforms, muskets and cavalry units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the civil war component, classic cars and local jeep clubs will be there to show their vehicles to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The schedule for Sunday includes a 10am camp dress parade of the civil war re-enactors and the second skirmish in the Battle of Farm Pond at 1pm. In addition, there will be the Flag Day patriotic procession and salute to the flag at 2:30pm and the moving Flag retirement ceremony run by the Framingham Veteran\u2019s Council at 4pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information is available at www.geocities.com\/flagdayframingham or from the Framingham Park & Recreation office: 508-532-5960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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