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Social Security is still going strong at 90. On August 14, 1935 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Social Security law, and AARP celebrated this historic milestone with two special events in Massachusetts,
On Tuesday, August 12, AARP Massachusetts held a celebration at the Waltham Senior Center.
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AARP Massachusetts State Director Jen Benson spoke about the importance of Social Security and the need to strengthen it for future generations.
"We’re working with leaders from both parties because protecting and strengthening Social Security isn’t a partisan issue, it’s an American issue," said Benson. “AARP will never stop fighting to protect the Social Security payments that we've earned from a lifetime of hard work"
Waltham SS90 Photo Collage.jpgRep. Tom Stanley (D-Waltham), Waltham Mayor Mayor Jeannette A. McCarthy and Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian also attended.
Rep. Stanley read Governor Maura Healey's Proclamation on Social Security's 90th Anniversary and spoke about the Social Security's impact. He brought his 94 year old mother to the event.
On Wednesday, August 13, AARP Massachusetts celebrated in Gardner, with the Gardner AARP Chapter and Rep. Lori Trahan (D- Massachusetts).
Trahan spoke about Social Security's future and the work to protect and save it.
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