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2014 Memorial Day Ceremony
Colfax AMVETS honors veterans many ways, including the annual Memorial Day Ceremony. The ceremony begins at the Veterans Memorial Park with the reading of the names of local veterans who passed away during the year, a twenty-one gun salute, and a wreath laying ceremony. All veterans are then invited to escort the Flag and Honor Guard to the Skunk River in a Parade of Veterans. At the river, another ceremony takes place to honor the heroes who were lost at sea. Click HERE for more details. Congratulations to the 2013 AMVETS Scholarship Winner - Elissa Opfer |
Stars for our Troops
The Stars for our Troops program takes your old, tattered and worn out embroidered American Flags and turns them into a prized possession for an American Soldier. Volunteers lovingly cut each embroidered star from the flag, dispose of the stripes properly, and place each star into a tiny plastic bag with a card.
The card reads:
"I am part of our American flag that has flown over a home in the U.S.A. I can no longer fly. The sun and winds have caused me to become tattered and torn. Please carry me as a reminder that you are not forgotten"
Each American Flag can touch the lives of 50 American Soldiers even after it's reached the end of it's flying days!
To learn More about the Stars For Our Troops program and how you can contribute go to the Gettysburg Flag Works website, or give them a call at 1-888-697-3524.
The card reads:
"I am part of our American flag that has flown over a home in the U.S.A. I can no longer fly. The sun and winds have caused me to become tattered and torn. Please carry me as a reminder that you are not forgotten"
Each American Flag can touch the lives of 50 American Soldiers even after it's reached the end of it's flying days!
To learn More about the Stars For Our Troops program and how you can contribute go to the Gettysburg Flag Works website, or give them a call at 1-888-697-3524.