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The proprietor of the Village Farm on Route 4, Turner and the Fishery Market - Restaurant at 250 Center Street, contacted the 3rd District Public Relations Historian Officer, Paul R. Bernard and formed a coalition with the American Legion, Turner Memorial Post 111.

The American Legion, Turner Memorial Post 111 will be sponsoring the:

1st Citizenship Day Pig Roast

Pictured are Webster W. Pierce Jr., Charles G.S. Honaker, and Warren K. Clark all members of the Ways and Means Committee of the American Legion, Turner Memorial Post 111 and Christopher Hathaway proprietor of the Village Farm.

The 1st Citizenship Day Pig Roast will be held at the Village Farm on Route 4, Turner.

When: September 22nd

What Time: 12:AM to 10:PM

The menu will consist of Pig Roast, Maine Lobster, Steak and Chicken, potatoes, baked beans, corn on the cob, bread and beverages and alcohol.

Live Band will be on hand.

10% of the profits will go to the American Legion Post 111.

Membership to the American Legion will be available on site.

Local Litchfield Artist, Moe Greenleaf provided a wonderful blend of entertainment as folks sat and enjoyed the Citizenship Day Pig Roast.

The first Turner Citizen to appear at the 1st Annual Pig Roast was Town Manager Eva Leavitt. She encouraged the veterans and wish them well that this would become an Annual Event.

Our 1st customers for the day were Ron Simoneau and Ruth Allard from Fayette, Maine. 3rd District Commander, Kenneth Bouchard dropped by with his wife and purchased take out. It was encouraging to see our 3rd District Commander. Also past Commander, Harris Bradeen and his wife dropped by and enjoyed the meal. James Chaousis and his wife and daughter also dropped by to feast on Lobster. Many veterans dropped by to eat and express their support for the Turner Memorial Post 111.

To our surprise Chris Hathaway had T-Shirts made for the event. I will post a picture later.

We placed a platter of Twin "Maine" Lobsters, corn on the cob and plenty of hot butter. Within two minutes we caught Ronald Rines, Sons of the American Legion member putting away the goods.

Warren Clark of the Marine Corps League tries to convince his wife that he caught Rines with the goods.

Our biggest show was a group of wonderful people brought in by Charles G.S. Honaker, Ways and Means Committee Member.

Jack Strong and his beloved fiancée came to express their support for veterans.

Also Joe Dehetre of Tri County Auto Sales, Route 4, Turner also wanted to show his support for veterans. But first he had to check if there was enough room.

On February 29th, 1952, President Harry Truman signed a bill establishing September 17th, as Citizenship Day, which is the day the U.S. Constitution was signed in 1787. The intent of the bill was to give recognition to those who had become American Citizens during the preceding year.

The celebrations include pageantry and speeches to impress Americans with the privileges and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship. Citizenship Day focuses on the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens both native-born and naturalized.

The choice of September 17 for this observance commemorates the events of September 17, 1787 when the United States Constitution was signed by
delegates from 12 states at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This day celebrates our Supreme Law of the Land as the oldest working Constitution in the world.

Chaplain Paul R. Bernard: For me Citizenship Day is very special as both my mother’s parents and my father’s parents were all immigrants from Saint Ephrem, Canada. So I’m a firm believer in Theodore Roosevelt’s ideology on immigrants.

Roosevelt stated: "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.

We have room for but one flag, the American flag.

We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.

And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt 1907

As most of you know we began forming the post at the end of December, 2006. We are just coming to the end of the paper work and legal issues that had to be taken care of. We have not yet been able to have a fund raiser as we need insurance for the Post. Chris has offered to place a rider on his already business policy that he has for the restaurant. We have quite a menu to choose from and it would be a great time to mingle.

But to be successful we need your help. Could you please announce this at your post. We would love to have everyone come up to visit. A visit from the Legion Riders would be an added treat.

Please accept our invitation to attend.

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