It’s been an extraordinary week for me and for us at Radio Boston. We’ve been collecting stories about remembrance, sacrifice and, the wounds of war carried by a very few in a country that seems largely untouched and uninvolved in that war seemingly so far away.
 
If you want to get a glimpse into how the war in Iraq has come home to small town America in ways that are largely unseen and unappreciated, check out what we heard this week in west central Massachusetts…

At left: Athol Memorial Hall

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This week Radio Boston is going on location. We broadcast from Athol’s Memorial Town Hall. 

Residents from the town of Orange participate in the tolling of the town bell for 4,000 seconds to commemorate Americans killed in Iraq.

We’re talking with veterans from north central Massachusetts about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan and what they think now that they’re home.

Listen to the full show:

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