‘Holy smokes': For Everett veterans, a chance to restore war memorabilia
For Memorial Day, a local VFW post partnered with a restoration company to save decades-old uniforms and medals. EVERETT — Beyond the boxing ring i...
For Memorial Day, a local VFW post partnered with a restoration company to save decades-old uniforms and medals. EVERETT — Beyond the boxing ring in the basement gym where veterans work out and listen to hip-hop, beyond the stacks of chairs and boxes, sit a chest and a tattered luggage bag. Filled with uniforms from World War I and II, they sat there for years at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2100 on Oakes Avenue. On Friday, local experts unearthed the long-untouched uniforms, as part of the first effort here at the VFW to restore stained war uniforms, tarnished memorabilia and rusty medals.