MIDDLEBORO — May 20 will be a banner day in Middleboro.

On that Saturday, 50 banners with photos of town veterans will be hoisted on poles throughout the town center to honor their service.

They will fly through Nov. 15, shortly after Veterans Day. This will cover the period including Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Purple Heart Month in August, and the Sept. 11 anniversary.

“This should look really nice,’’ said Veterans Services Officer Stephen Adelman.

With help from local veterans, Rotary Club members, and family members of the honored veterans among other community volunteers, the banners will be put in place on Saturday morning.

This will be Middleboro’s first year participating in the Hometown Heroes project. The town reached out to members of the community to those interested in requesting a banner in honor of a veteran. 

Response was enthusiastic, Adelman said. Information on 50 veterans was received within a few weeks, he said, with nine already scheduled for next year. 

The first banner will reflect the veteran who is perhaps the best known from Middleboro. 

Deborah Sampson, a one-time Middleboro resident, disguised herself as a male soldier to serve in the American Revolution. She is the first woman to fight in and be honorably discharged from the U.S. Army. 

Her banner will be unveiled at 3 p.m. outside Town Hall. 

A walking tour of the heroes banners will follow at 3:15 p.m., starting on Nickerson Avenue. 

At 4 p.m., Sampson’s story will be presented in “A Revolution of Her Own! Deborah Sampson’’ at the grand ballroom at Town Hall. The program is presented by History at Play and will be hosted by  the Veterans Services Department and the Middleboro Public Library.

Veterans being honored are: George Redlon, Army, World War II; Paul Hull, Air Force, Vietnam; Donald Foye, Army, World War II; James Mather, Navy, Vietnam; Paul Provencher, Army, Vietnam; William Morrison, Marines, Vietnam; Richard Washburn, Army, Operation Joint Endeavor; Henry Provencher, Army, World War II; Henry Bump, Army, Korean War Era; William Freitag, Army, World War II; Ralph Simon, Navy, Vietnam; Stephen Adelman, Army, Iraq; Charles Carey, Army, World War II; Gerald Dorr, Marines, Vietnam; Gary Lavalley, Air Force, Vietnam; Robert Colucci, Marines, Vietnam; Francis Creney, Navy, Vietnam; Hollis Morton Jr., Navy, World War II; Paul Carroll, Army, Vietnam.

Also, Taylor Frazier, Marines, Iraq; Edward J. Silvia, Air Force, Cold War Era; Joseph McCarthy, Navy, Vietnam; Paul Kreitzberg, Army Reserves, Vietnam; Gerald Milch, Army, Cold War Era; Daniel Boulger, Army, Vietnam; Frederick Farrell Jr., Air Force, Vietnam; Wayne Packard, Army, Vietnam; William Tubman, Navy, Vietnam.

Also, Duke Pease, Army, Vietnam; Mary Standish, Air Force, Vietnam Era; Peter Fowler, Navy, Cold War Era; Bill Philips Jr., Marines, Cold War Era; Arnold Wainwright, Army, Korean War; Kevin Nardi, Marines, Afghanistan; David Singer, Coast Guard, Vietnam Era; Manuel Baptiste, Navy, World War II; Chester Goodnow, Army, World War II; Francis Bettencourt, Navy, Vietnam; Ron Howard, Army, Gulf War Era.

The Veterans Council has selected 11 banners that will be placed every year for the especially noteworthy service of those depicted. They are Deborah Sampson, Continental Army, Revolutionary War; Edward W. Parks, Army, World War II; Nina Seymour, American Red Cross, World War I; Walter Campbell, Navy, Korean War and Vietnam; Wayne Caron, Navy, Vietnam; Ernest Montrond, Navy, World War II; Fletcher Clark Jr., Army, World War I; Patrick J. Regan, Army, World War I; John Glass Jr., Army, World War I; Simeon Nickerson, Army, World War I; and William Smith, Marines, Vietnam.

The Hometown Heroes project is funded by donations from the public, including a $5,000 donation from North Easton Savings Bank. 

There is no charge for the banners, which are open to any Middleboro resident who served in the military. “They put a uniform on,’’ Adelman said. “They make a sacrifice for their country.’’