20 September 2012 Pembroke, Massachusetts---
Hey All! There’s parade at 1pm Sunday the 23rd
commemorating 300 years of incorporation following a swipe of the pen by the infamous Earle of Pembroke.
The lineup has over 85 different groups marching, walking, driving, or prancing, including the infamous
Joseph A. Ferko String Band and our hometown media group
Pembroke Community Media Center, Inc.(PCMC) .
For over 300 years the Pembroke community has been a significantly active part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; known for its timber, herring, and numerous ponds which provided iron, ice, and an unlimited supply of power for the mills.
The colorful and popular James Michael Curley who was both Boston’s Mayor and the Commonwealth’s Governor, favored our fair town of Pembroke as a vacation spot so much that he created Route 36 as a state highway to assure maintenance of the road that took him to the Solari family’s Hobomock Inn for vacations.
The 1pm parade starts at the high school heading west on Learning Lane, then surrounds Curley’s old haunt before turning northward on Center Street to end at the Town Center.
Don’t miss the ladies from PCMC in the all-original 1969 Yellow Cutlass with the White Convertible Top. They’re 12th in line right before the Navy Band and just behind the Legion Honor Guard.
Ms. Ann Ryerson says that she and her crew look forward to seeing and filming everyone at this hometown event on which the
Pembroke 300th Committee has been working so hard.
Watch for other Pembroke Community Media Center volunteers filming history along the procession route and then go to
www.yourpcmc.com to see the Pembroke-only programming you’ve come to know and love, any time of the day or night.
“The 2nd Meeting House in Pembroke” is also the “First
Church in Pembroke,” existing on the same spot in town center for 300 years. CLICK HERE to see an original letter
dated September 8, 1856. It's framed and hanging on the back wall of
the sanctuary protected by a thin sheet of glass. 
“This is my favorite time of the year,” current pastor
Richard Giragosian says to his congregation, “not just because it's Christmas,
but because all our young adults are back from college and other places, and
leading us in this service. They lead us by reading the Scriptures and lighting
the candles up on the alter that you see, lighting our Christ candle as well.” 
