Honoring on Memorial Day

Boy Scout, Toby, one of the many here placing flags in honor.

These young men spend this very warm Saturday morning in their scout uniform honoring those who lost their life by placing a new flag at their grave. Thank you boys for doing this.
Take some time this weekend to remember these Veterans as well as others we have lost.
Today Cup Scout Pack 748 and Boy Scout Troop 108 were at St Joseph's Cemetery and here Boy Scout Troop 367 at Evergreen Cemetery.  The Scout Leaders organized this annual event.

Greg Green, Troop 367 Committee Chair, also places flags in honor.

Older Flags are removed and replaced with a new one. These will be brought to the VFW for a retirement ceremony.

Some go back to the Revolutionary War, (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783)

The boys wait in line for a cold drink and donuts.

Thanks Cameron of Cub Scout Pack 748 for helping the big boys today!

1874 Christ Episcopal Church on School Street

The Christ Episcopal Church is a little gem in Medway. Designed by Worcester Architect, Stephen C. Earle, it was a smaller scale building compared to his other works of the late 19th century. But it was the right scale for the small community of Medway.
It was constructed in 1874 by a Medway stone mason, Elmer Videtto, who used local stones for the construction.

Architect of the Christ Episcopal Church, Stephen C. Earle

Earle also designed many buildings in the late 1800's, Worcester was a thriving, industrial city that was expanding its city limits and doubling in population.  Earle was commissioned to design many churches, universities and museums in Worcester, as well as outside of Massachusetts. Some of his well known projects still standing today, Old Chapel at UMass Amherst, Worcester Art Museum, Slater Memorial Museum (one of many for Norwich University), Clark University Campus, as well as some mansions that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Elmer L. Videtto, Medway Stone Mason

Much of the stone work you see around town done in the late 1800's, early 1900's was done by, Elmer L. Videtto.  Whether stone walls or part of the a home's foundation, he worked using local stone.  He is most known for his construction of the church.

The interior is just as beautiful with its intricate brick work and wood trusses