Legion planning another memorable Memorial
Day
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| April 19, 2011 |
 On
Monday, May 30, Boundary County American Legion
Post 55 will continue a tradition that goes back
for decades, that of recognizing those of our
neighbors who've answered the call of duty from
a nation in need.
At 10 a.m., a full parade will wend it's way
through downtown Bonners Ferry, to be followed a
short time later by our Memorial Day observance
at Grandview Cemetery, where members of Legion
Post 55, with help from all volunteers who'd
like to help, will mark the many graves in that
sacred place of veterans of this nation's armed
forces with American flags beginning at 5 p.m.
Friday, May 27. You don't need an invitation or
application to help ... just show up.
"This is a very special event," said Post 55
chaplain and Vietnam veteran Mike Ashby, "one in
which the Legion is very glad to share with our
community. If anyone would like to take part in
the flag placement, just come to Grandview
Cemetery at 5 p.m. Friday. This is a very
opportune time to share with your youth the part
that our veterans have played in keeping liberty
in our country."
Those participating in the parade are asked to
arrive at the Boundary County Fairgrounds no
later than 9:30 a.m. Monday, though earlier is
better.
"All participants in the parade," Ashby wrote,
"are asked to be at the Fairgrounds at 0930 to
facilitate the staging of the parade," which is
military-speak for be here on time so you can
hurry up and wait in order that we might jump
off with military precision.
As always, our observance will be attended by
those of our neighboring armed forces units in
Canada, with whom we've long shared battle lines
as allies, and all veterans of both nation's
military services are invited to attend, whether
as a group or as individuals.
The featured speaker at the observance this year
will be Bonners Ferry resident Army Sergeant
First Class Lawrence Jefferson, a former
paratrooper with the Army's elite 82nd Airborne
Division, recipient of the Purple Heart for
wounds sustained in battle.
If anyone has questions regarding either the
Bonners Ferry Memorial Day Parade or the
observance ceremony, call Ashby at (208)
267-5135 or Legion Post 55 commander Ozzy Osborn
at (208) 267-2666. |
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