DECORATION DAY Saturday, May 28, 2022, (anticipation) MEMORIAL DAY
Placing of wreaths in remembrance of the fallen at THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 403 MEMORIAL, New Chestnut Grove Cemetery. (Two wreaths will be placed at this time after the ceremony one will be moved to the Old Chestnut Grove Cemetery.)
By JAMES SHERWOOD, U.S.ARMY Veteran 1st 73 Armor, 4th Brigade JIM WALLACE, i U.S.ARMY retired, Served in Korea and Viet Nam, Veteran FRANK SPEPIC, U.S. ARMY, Veteran.
TAPS
by Bugler FRANK SPEPIC, U.S.ARMY, Veteran
A moment of silence in remembrance of the fallen.
Raising of the flag flown over USS VULCAN (AR-5) by ZOEN.
Presented by Captain Spencer, Commanding Officer, officers, and crew, to St. Brendan School history classes.
Raising of BRAVO ZULU, only official congratulatory signal used by the U.S. Navy by ZOE N. Presented by Commander David G. Clark, Commanding Officer; Officers, and Crew, to St. Brendan history classes, 1982. USS SEMMES DDG-18
Trustee Jeanene Kress, Olmsted Township,
Ohio Councilman Lori Jones, Olmsted Falls, Ohio
Reading of a portion of UNDERNEATH THE LILACS (written by Bruce Catton) Source: Bruce Catton's America: Selections from His Greatest Works Read by Trudy Wilmink.
THE UNKNOWN DEAD
written by Elizabeth Robbins Berry
Read by Trustee Riley Alton, Olmsted Township, Ohio
PLACING OF CARNATIONS:
RED: U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines, U.S. Coast Guard
WHITE: U.S. Merchant Marine, WACS Women's Army Corps),
WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service)
PINK: You may wish to remember an individual/individuals. If you do, please
say their name.
SPECIAL THANKS FROM CHESTNUT GROVE CEMETERY and THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLMSTED FALLS TO:
ANGELINA'S PIZZA 8155 Columbia Road
BROWN HARDWARE, 23029 Columbia Road
CUTTING GARDEN, 25561 Mill Street
Trustee Riley Alton James Sherwood
Councilman Lori Jones
Trustee Jeanene Kress
Terri Grospitch
Denise Schippel, Romancing the Walls, 602-315-9376 (wreaths)
Zoe N. ,Frank Spepic, James Wallace, and Trudy Wilmink
WME May 27, 2022
Decoration Day 2022