The Lowell Spinners, the minor league baseball team, were the first to sign on. In June, they dedicated a single black chair in Section 104 of LeLacheur Park that will remain empty forever.
D’Entremont was grateful, but he went looking for a bigger venue. On Friday, the Patriots will unveil a seat that will be kept empty at Gillette on Sunday, Veterans Day, and every day after that.
There’s more. D’Entremont’s buddy, Dennis Moschella, president of Veterans Assisting Veterans, got talking last summer to John MacDonald, the vice president of corporate strategy for Lupoli Cos., about the idea of putting up POW/MIA tables in restaurants. MacDonald is an Air Force veteran, and he turned to his boss, Sal Lupoli, and in no time at all, Lupoli said, “Let’s do it.”
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