5/19/11
The town’s Memorial Day observance will be held Monday, May 30.

American Legion Post 114 will begin the program with the raising of the flag and the placing of the wreath at Town Hall at 9:30 a.m. The assembly will march from Town Hall to Milton Cemetery for the annual Memorial Day ceremony that will begin at 10 a.m.

The observance will feature performances by the Milton High School band and mixed chorus, under the direction of Noreen Diamond Burdett and Gary Good. The day will include a reading of the Gettysburg Address; roll call; the playing of “Echo Taps” by a member of the Crusader Senior Corps of Boston with a member of the Milton High School band; and introductions, greetings and remarks from community members.

The featured speaker will be Army Capt. Lindsey Elder, currently serving with Boston University’s Army ROTC Charles River Battalion.

Elder’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, three Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals and the German Army Proficiency Badge (Gold).

In February 2004, Elder was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. She served in various assignments over her three years with the division, including serving as the Battalion S1 of the 30th Signal Battalion, the 556th Personnel Services Battalion and as the chief of plans and operations for the 25th Infantry Division G-1.

In 2006, she was selected to serve as the officer in charge of the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Casualty Liaison Team at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. While she did so, her team provided 24-hour care and assistance for more than 2,000 ill or wounded soldiers and their families from all theaters of operations for 14 months.

Following her graduation from the Adjutant General’s Captains Career Course in Fort Jackson, S.C., Elder was assigned as the Battalion S1 for the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd “Greywolf” Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, and for the battalion’s deployment to Mosul, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in December 2009.