NOVEMBER 2009
Nov 7 Co-founder Diana Newton makes presentation at the Annual Veteran of the Month Banquet. They honor a Veteran of the Month, througout the year. After all (11) months precious recipients they honor the (12th) at the annual banquet. We furnish silver star service banners throughout the year for those that are eligible and send them to Lucy Terrebrood, VFW Ladies Aux Pres, to present along with the award(s) and recognition for each month's selected Veteran of the Month. This is all in Forsyth at the VFW post 5168. They have received nationwide recognition for this monthly and then end of year program and other VFWs are wanting to emulate this and their success of the program.
Nov 11 Veteran's Day SSFOA Co-founder, Diana Newton,
will make a Banner presentation at Steele County, MN
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OCTOBER 2009
October 14th , California SC, Kathy Landess, will be presenting the Silver Star Families mission to the general membership of American Legion Karl Ross Post #16 in Stockton, CA
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Silver Star shining for sacrifice, honoring wounded, ill and dying members of our Armed Forces, and bringing remembrance to those so deserving of our thanks.
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2010
On May 16th, 2010 the renaming of the bridge in North Berwick will start the proceedings. It will be renamed the North Berwick Veteran's Memorial Bridge. This will be enacted by a law passed by the Legislature in Jan. 2010 in Maine for which I was responsible in getting our Rep. Mark Eves to present. This will honor all Veterans from North Berwick. The second part will be to honor our wounded Veterans by the raising of the Silver Star Flag in our Veterans Memorial Park and the reading of the Proclamation. The third part will be to honor our men who died in action from the Civil War to the present. I will be reading their names and a short story about each. A bell will then be rung and a red, white or blue carnation will be put in a vase.
