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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST #7392
For more information, contact:
Name: Kelly Davidson
Email: Kelly@wallinfuneralhome.com
Phone: 360.675.3447
Submitted by
Name: Teresa Coe
Email: simplytree@hotmail.com
Phone: 206-817-3533
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Memorial Day 2019: A Service of Remembrance
Oak Harbor and Coupeville, WA 5/17/19 - Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), American Legion, and Fleet Reserve are holding public, annual Memorial Day services at Oak Harbor’s Maple Leaf and Coupeville’s Sunnyside Cemeteries and you are invited.
Maple Leaf Cemetery, 1961 NE 16th Ave, Oak Harbor to hold a public Service of Remembrance starting at 10 am. Watch for Lions parking lot attendants and Elks ushers. Service includes special guests Mayor Severns, NAS Whidbey Captain Arny, Wing 10 Chaplain LT Quay, Chief Thiel, USN, RET., and LCDR Hunt, USN, RET. with tributes by Oak Harbor High School (OHHS) NJROTC, OHHS Choir, Northwest Navy Band, and vocalist, Valerie Rocha. Event includes Missing Man Table, Flag Folding, and a traditional VFW, Legion, and Fleet lying of wreathes ceremony shielded by WA State Patriot Guard Riders. The ceremony is scheduled to conclude with NAS Whidbey Island Search and Rescue. Community potluck following at VFW, 3037 Goldie Rd, Oak Harbor.
"I appreciate everyone’s diligent efforts to participate; as a base-community coming together, I am excited at the prospect of what we can do when we team up. Join us this Memorial Day to remember those who have sacrificed their all," Kelly Davidson, Event Organizer.
Sunnyside Cemetery, 90 Cemetery Rd, Coupeville - a short, traditional service at 1 pm with VFW, Legion, and Fleet lying wreathes with reception following at Legion, 690 SE Barrington Dr, Oak Harbor, WA 98277. All community invited.
Interested in sponsorship? Red, white, blue, and star level sponsorship available. If donations exceed expenses, surplus shall be shared with VFW, Legion, Fleet, and Oak Harbor Lions. Donations can be made here: https://ohlions.org/memorialday/memorialdaypage.html.
Volunteers wanted on Saturday, May 25 and Tuesday, May 28 at 10:30 am, at Sunnyside and Maple Leaf. Join Legionnaire volunteers supported by NJROTC, Scouts, Navy personnel, and community volunteers to place and retrieve flags at veteran graves throughout both cemeteries.
On Memorial Day, the flag flies at half-staff only for the first half of the day, and then is raised to full height from noon to sundown. This unique custom honors the war dead for the morning and living veterans for the rest of the day. Please join us at Maple Leaf and Sunnyside as we mourn the loss of our nation’s fallen war heroes and receptions to honor our veterans.
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