9:09AM Sassy
After 65 years, and an 11 year search by his family, a local man who died in a POW camp in North Korea in 1951 is finally going to be buried at home. It really hit me what an incredible thing this is for that family – to finally know, have a funeral, fill the empty grave next to his parents…
http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20160805/remains-of-cambridge-pow-found-65-years-after-death
The city is honoring him with a parade this Tuesday! Please go stand on Mass Ave and show your respects if you can.
There are still 190 Korean War remains unidentified. If you know anyone whose relatives are MIA, suggest they give DNA samples. The Army’s Past Conflicts Repatriation Branch can put them in touch with the Defense Prisoner of War Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA), which works to identify remains of lost soldiers.match them and send them home.
12:38PM Sassy
Eating dim sum for brunch at my favorite Chinese spot – Mary Chung’s in Cenral Square in Cambridge!
6:55PM Sassy
Humoring Hubby with a Mexican dinner out at Margarita’s in Medford.