Massachusetts veterans must be cared for, migrant crisis or not: Home Base executive director

Massachusetts veterans must be cared for, migrant crisis or not: Home Base executive director

Looking out at the 37,000 American flags freshly placed in the grass at Boston Common, retired Brig. Gen. Jack Hammond thought about the importance of honoring those who have fallen and caring for surviving veterans. Around 800 people from all over spent their Wednesday planting the flags into the ground, which will remain in place through Memorial Day. The two-hour effort marked the largest turnout of volunteers in the annual tradition which le…