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Subject: RE: [SACKETT-L] Patriots Day in Westfield
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:40:30 -0500


Ok,

I know that I know the answer to this question and just don't remember but can someone please remind me where Westfield is? I was thinking it would be great to go but it is real hard to plan when you forget where you are going :-)

Thanks,
Liesa

Fred Sackett <> wrote:

>Patty Yes i will be there on the 20th will have to leave on the morning
>of the 21th though. Will there the 14th through the 20th, have to be
>in Florida on business on the 25th and it is a 2 day drive for me from
>here in Georgia. There are several other Sacketts that have shown an
>interest in attending the Program.
>Patriot day is a tribute those who have served our country in past
>wars. Every year some of the original families like the Sacketts,
>Deweys, etc. are reconized as founders of the town of Westfield. I was
>the representative two years ago and last year was my Father. This year
>they do not have anybody to represent the Sackett Family that has not
>already been reconized. The program lasts about an hour to hour &
>1/2. I will make arrangements for the Mechanic St. Cemetery to be open
>for any one that cares to see some of the old Sacketts Grave Stones
>there. Mechanic St. Cemetery was just put on the State Register and
>they are in the process of getting it put on the National Register.
>That is where Abigail Hannum Sackett is buried d.1690. She is the first
>wife of John Sackett, Son of Simon Sackett. There is the old Sackett
>Tavern, now a private home that we might be able to impose on the owners
>to go through. They let me tour it a couple years ago and it is really
>something to see. It was built in 1776.
>
>Fred Sackett
>
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