The first order of the day is to raise the flag on my flagpole to half
staff and then at noon raise it to full staff. How many of you are
aware of this bit of flag etiquette for Memorial day?
Rick
Vietnam vet
Bullwinkle wrote:
> I may take the MG out for a good exercise, but we will definately
> do what the the three day weekend started out as.
>
> On Monday, which is the wrong day, WE will attend the Memorial
> Days services at my mother's home town. The American Legion will
> have a service, there will be a speaker, the legion, boy scouts,
> and possibly the band, will march out to the flag and flower
> decorated cemetary. At the cemetary, there will be a prayer, a
> gun salute, and taps at the honory marker for the unknowns of
> American conflicts. This will occur in town of about 120 and
> there will be 300 plus people in attendance. AFterwords there
> will be a picnic and the traditional baseball game. A good old
> fashioned and well attended Memorial DAy!
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