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2011 Mt. Pulaski Memorial Day Services
LDN:
May 31, 2011
Multiple events bring Mount Pulaski community
together to honor veterans
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Photo Album
Previous Memorial Day Years (2003 - 2010)
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Time
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10:00 am - Monday, 30
May, 2011 |
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Place |
Veteran’s
Memorial – Mt. Pulaski Cemetery [bring
chairs and umbrella – nice
leafy shade tree no longer is standing on the Veteran’s
Memorial knoll] |
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Alternate Location |
Mt. Pulaski American
Legion Hall - South Washington St. (inclement weather
venue) |
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Raising of the Flag
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Ralph Beccue: Former
Commander, American Legion Post 447
Lt. Col. Joe Lucas, Ret. USAF:
Chaplain (former
Commander), American Legion Post 447 |
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National Anthem
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Mt. Pulaski HS – JHS
Band, Director: David Helm |
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Post the Colors |
Mt. Pulaski American
Legion Post 447, Mt. Pulaski VFW Post 777,
Mt. Pulaski SAL Squadron 447 |
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Welcome |
Phil Bertoni,
Commander: Mt.
Pulaski American Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447 |
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Invocation |
Fr. Tom Shaw, Pastor of
St. Thomas Aquinas - Mt. Pulaski |
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Patriotic Music |
Mt.
Pulaski HS – JHS Band; Director: David Helm |
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Speaker |
Jim Fuhrer, Mayor of Mt.
Pulaski |
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Presentation of Flowers
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Children will come
forward with their flowers to lay at the base of the
Veteran’s Memorial |
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Laying of Wreaths |
Mt.
Pulaski Veteran's Units and Mt. Pulaski Civic
organizations will lay
wreathes at the base of
the Veteran’s Memorial |
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Readings |
Winners
of the Sons of the American Legion Junior High and High
School
Patriotic Essay Contests (Savings Bonds will be
presented to the winners) |
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Main Speaker |
Colonel Paul Fanning, US
Army
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Currently assigned as Joint Logistics Officer
on the Joint Operations Staff for the Illinois National Guard |
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Reading of
Deceased Area
Veterans since last Memorial
Day |
Phil Bertoni,
Commander: Mt.
Pulaski American Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447 |
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Benediction |
Fr. Tom Shaw, Pastor of
St. Thomas Aquinas - Mt. Pulaski |
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Salute to Fallen Comrades |
Honor Guard Commander:
Bob McCue
(Former Commander of
American Legion Post 447):
Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447; Mt. Pulaski
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 777;
Mt. Pulaski Sons of American Legion Squadron 447
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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 |
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Free Luncheon
FOR ALL(11:30) |
Mt. Pulaski American
Legion Post 447 Hall (sponsored by the Mt. Pulaski 175th
Committee and the Mt.
Pulaski American Legion Post 447) |
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Courthouse Bandstand
(3 pm) |
Vintage Brass Civil War
Band
Alternate Location: Mt. Pulaski American Legion Hall—South
Washington St. (inclement weather venue) |
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Vonderleith Living Center Visit
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Time |
11:00 am on
Monday, 30 May, 2011 - following Mt. Pulaski Memorial
Day Observance |
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Place |
Mt. Pulaski
Vonderlieth Living Center - Veterans at VLC |
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Speaker |
Col.
Paul A. Fanning, US Army -
Currently assigned as Joint Logistics Officer
on the Joint Operations Staff for the Illinois National Guard |
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Prayer |
Fr. Tom Shaw,
Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas - Mt. Pulaski |
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American Legion & VFW
Veterans with SAL Squadron 447 |
Visit with
veterans & their families - in the main reception room |
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Steenbergen Cemetery Memorial Day
Services
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Time
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11:30 am on Monday, 30 May, 2011 |
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Place |
Steenbergen
Cemetery (3 mi. south of Mt. Pulaski, 1 mi. West of
the Illiopolis
Blacktop) |
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Flag Raising |
Commander Roger Bates, Mt. Pulaski VFW Post 777 |
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Welcome |
Lt. Col. Joe Lucas, USAF, Ret. - Chaplain: Mt. Pulaski
American Legion Post 447 |
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Invocation |
Fr. Tom Shaw, Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas - Mt.
Pulaski |
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Music |
Outside: Mt. Pulaski HS – JHS Band; Director: David
Helm
Inside: Inside: Laura Lee: piano; Jennifer Wernsign:
patriotic songs |
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Main Speaker |
Colonel Paul Fanning, US Army
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Currently assigned as Joint Logistics Officer
on the Joint Operations Staff for the Illinois National Guard |
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Reading of
Deceased Area
Veterans since last Memorial
Day |
Phil Bertoni,
Commander: Mt. Pulaski American Legion Ryman-Fuiten
Post 447 |
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Benediction |
Fr. Tom Shaw, Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas - Mt.
Pulaski |
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Salute to
Fallen Comrades |
Honor Guard Commander: Bob McCue
(Former Commander of
American Legion Post
447): Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447; Mt. Pulaski
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
777;Mt. Pulaski Sons of American Legion Squadron 447
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Avenue of
Flags |
Presentation of Flags
- one for each veteran buried in Steenbergen
from the American
Revolution onward.
Flags will be posted
during the following dates & times:
May 28 (Sat.) 8 am - May 30 (Mon) 5 pm |
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Free
Luncheon FOR ALL
(11:30) |
Mt.
Pulaski American Legion Post 447 Hall (sponsored by the
Mt. Pulaski 175th
Committee and the Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447) |
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Courthouse
Bandstand (3 pm)
(inclement weather venue): |
Vintage Brass Civil War Band
Alternate Location: Mt. Pulaski American Legion
Hall—South
Washington St.
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