NORTHVILLIANS,

• Working in accordance with CDC guidelines …  THERE WILL BE A 4^TH OF JULY PARADE in Northville on Monday July 5^th at 10:00 AM, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce (details to follow).
• Last Saturday the Vaccination Center at NHS supported by Wayne County vaccinated over 600.
• ‘Vacc To Normal’ plan – As of June 1, capacity limits will be lifted for outdoor events. Additionally, indoor capacity limits will increase to 50%, allowing indoor social gatherings such as weddings and funerals to move closer to normalcy. As of July 1, the state will no longer limit capacity at indoor or outdoor gatherings.  (Michigan.gov)
• The European Union agreed on Wednesday (May 19th) to reopen its borders to visitors who have been fully vaccinated with an approved shot or those coming from a list of countries considered safe from a COVID perspective.  (The New York Times)
• Also, adhering to the State’s Vacc To Normal plan, Northville City Hall opened Monday, 5/24.

• LOOKING BACK TO 1918, the Northville Record published a story on Northvillian Lloyd Green, who paid the ultimate price for our liberty and humanity. His final resting place is in the center of Rural Hill’s Veterans Memorial section. Our VFW Post is named in his honor.
• THE MEMORIAL DAY GATHERING AT RURAL HILL – Growing up, this was the most important part of the weekend for our family.  On this day, I played in the Marching Band and had the honor of performing “Taps.”  My mother was actually born on the actual Armistice Day (the end of WWI, November 11, 1918).  A framed copy of the original Detroit Free Press hung in our home, with the headline “Truce Ends War” on the 11-month, 11th day & 11th hour, signed on the 11^th minute.
• VETERANS FROM ALL WARS – Our town has had veterans from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, and the Spanish American War, along with all the modern-era conflicts.

• CLOSE TO HOME – In WWII, my father was a Proud Marine (is there any other kind?) and my mother was a “Rosie the Riveter” at the Willow Run B-24 Liberator plant, which was part of the “Arsenal of Democracy”. One of my brothers also served during the Vietnam conflict.
• THE NORTHVILLE BANNER PROGRAM by the Chamber of Commerce is an outstanding tribute to those who have defended our freedoms. Slow down as you stroll around town to take note of the names and faces on the banners.
• THANK YOU, VFW POST – We in the Northville community are truly indebted to the entire VFW Post for putting together the annual Memorial Day activity, for placing flags on all our fallen heroes’ gravesites each year and for the maintenance they provide for the Veteran-portion of the Rural Hill Cemetery.  Claude Ely (1st Mayor of Northville) dedicated this area in Rural Hill Cemetery in 1952.  For almost 70 years, we in this community have gathered here to honor those that sacrificed for all of us.