Hundreds of volunteers will scour Boston Saturday and Sunday, knocking on veterans' doors to personally thank the men and women who have served in the U.S. military and alerting them to aid and other resources that may be available to them.
Each volunteer will get specific addresses of veterans and will receive packages to hand deliver to them, according to a statement from City Hall. The city has called for more volunteers to help in the effort. Those wishing to participate can sign-up at boston.gov/veterans.
BOSTON – Velocity LCC, a custom printer in Everett, won trademark rights to "Marathon Monday," beating out a challenge from the sponsoring organization of the Boston Marathon, in a ruling from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Velocity applied for trademark rights to the phrase for use on clothing and accessories in early 2011. The Boston Athletic Association, or BAA, challenged the application, saying that the phrase was closely tied to the annual 26.2-mile road race and that granting trademark rights to Velocity would create a "false suggestion of connection" with the two organizations.
