MT. PULASKI

2008

HISTORY of MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE

IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER - THE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE MT. PULASKI AMERICAN LEGION HALL - SOUTH WASHINGTON



Monday, May 26


Main Speaker: Maj. Wendell Lowry, US Army
Reverend Mark Drews - Mt. Pulaski Zion Lutheran Church
Commander Phil Bertoni - Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447
Lt. Col. Joe Lucas, Ret. - Chaplain - Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447


Previous Memorial Day Ceremonies
2007   2006   2005   2004   2003


First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt penned the following prayer and said it everyday during the difficult days
 of the Second World War while visiting our soldiers fighting to save the world. So while our Troops
are once more fighting to keep our enemies distant from our shores perhaps we should all pick up
 Mrs. Roosevelt's habit of praying this prayer.

Dear Lord,
Lest I continue
My complacent way,
Help me to remember that somewhere,
Somehow out there
A man died for me today.
As long as there be war,
I then must
Ask and answer
Am I worth dying for?


Mt. Pulaski Memorial Day Ceremony

Time:

 10 am on Monday, 26 May, 2008

Place:

 Mt. Pulaski American Legion Hall - South Washington St. (inclement weather venue)

Raising of the Flag:

 Past American Legion Commander: Ralph Beccue

National Anthem:

 Director Jamie Ernst - Mt. Pulaski High School Band

Post the Colors:

 Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447, Mt. Pulaski VFW Post 777, Mt. Pulaski SAL Squadron 447

Welcome:

 Phil Bertoni - Mt. Pulaski American Legion Commander Post 447 

Invocation:

 Rev. Mark Drews, Zion Lutheran - Mt. Pulaski

Music:

 Director Jamie Ernst - Mt. Pulaski High School Band

Introductions:

Logan County Board Members:  Gloria Luster - Lincoln, Rick Aylesworth - Mt. Pulaski

Speaker:

 The Honorable Mayor of Mt. Pulaski, Mr. Bill Glaze

Welcome:

 Phil Bertoni - Master of Ceremonies - Commander:  Mt. Pulaski American Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447 

Presentation of Flowers:

 Children will come forward with their flowers to lay at the base of the American Flag

Laying of Wreaths:

 Veteran's Units and Civic organizations will lay wreathes next to the American Flag

Readings:

 Winners of the Sons of the American Legion Junior High and High School Patriotic Essay Contests:
  Mt. Pulaski Grade School:  Hillary Fielden, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Jennifer Fielden
  Mt. Pulaski High School:  Miss Queenie Ho, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John & Christine Martin
  Mt. Pulaski High School:  Miss Mary Jane Letterle, daughter of Lynda Letterle

Senior Scholarship Award:

  Recipient of the annual American Legion Post 447 High School Scholarship Award:
  Mt. Pulaski High School Graduating Senior:  Austin Maske, son of Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Barbara Maske

Speaker:

 Maj. Wendell Lowry, US Army

Reading of KIA's & POW's:

 Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq/Afghanistan

Benediction:

 Rev. Mark Drews, Zion Lutheran - Mt. Pulaski

Salute to Fallen Comrades:

 Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447 
 Mt. Pulaski Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 777
 Mt. Pulaski SAL Squadron 447

Honor Guard:

 American Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447, Veterans of Foreign Wars Scroggin-Gee Post 777, 
  Sons of American Legion Squadron 447, Mt. Pulaski Boy & Cub Scout Troops, Mt. Pulaski Phoenix Fire Department

Vonderleith Living Center Visit:

Time:

 11:00 am on Monday, 26 May, 2008 - following Mt. Pulaski Memorial Day Observance

Place:

 Mt. Pulaski Vonderleith Living Center - Current Veterans at VLC

Prayer:

 Reverend Mark Drews, Pastor of Mt. Pulaski Zion Lutheran Church

American Legion &VFW Veterans
with SAL Squadron 447 Members

 Visit with veterans - patients & their families - in the main reception room

Mt. Pulaski Steenbergen Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremony:

Time:

 11:30 am on Monday, 26 May, 2008

Place:

 Steenbergen Cemetery (3 mi. south of Mt. Pulaski, 1 mi. West of the Illiopolis Blacktop)

Flag Raising:

 Mt. Pulaski VFW Post 777

Welcome:

 Lt. Col. Joe Lucas, USAF, Ret. - Chaplain: Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447

Invocation:

 Rev. Mark Drews, Pastor of Mt. Pulaski Zion Lutheran Church

Music:

 Director Jamie Ernst - Mt. Pulaski High School Band
 John Buckles - Piano & Patriotic Songs

Speaker:

Maj. Wendell Lowry, US Army

Benediction:

 Rev. Mark Drews, Pastor of Mt. Pulaski Zion Lutheran Church

Salute to Fallen Comrades:

 Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447 
 Mt. Pulaski Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 777
 Mt. Pulaski SAL Squadron 447

Avenue of Flags:

Presentation of Flags for each veteran buried in Steenbergen from the American Revolution through the Vietnam War. 
Flags will be posted during the following dates & times: 
May 24 (Sat.) 8 am - May 26 (Mon) 5 pm