May 24, 2025
DECORATION DAY (anticipated) MEMORIAL DAY
11:00 a.m. AT THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 403 MEMORIAL NEW CHESTNUT GROVE CEMETERY
PLACING OF THE WREATHS IN HONOR OF THE FALLEN.
Two wreaths will be placed at this time. After the ceremony one wreath will be moved to the Old Chestnut Grove Cemetery (Turkey Foot).
WREATHS PLACED BY:
CHIEF ODIS ROGERS RORY HURLEY U.S. Navy
Olmsted Falls Police Department
U.S.S. WICHITA, (AOR-1)
Escorted by MISS SKYLAR
RAISING OF THE FLAGS BY ZOE AND OWEN NECHVATAL
This AMERICAN FLAG flew over U.S.S. VULCAN, (AR-5), Presented by CAPTAIN SPENCER, Commanding Officer; COMMANDER TOM GOODALL (Olmsted Falls); OFFICERS AND CREW to my St. Brendan history classes.
BRAVO ZULU Signal flags, U.S.S. SEMMES, (DDG-18), Presented by CAPTAIN DAVID CLARK, Commanding Officer; OFFICERS AND CREW to my St. Brendan history classes. it is the only official congratulatory signal used by the U.S. Navy for a job well done..
A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE FALLEN (30 seconds)
SPEAKER
Olmsted Falls Councilman MEGAN COY
PLACING OF CARNATIONS AT AMERICAN LEGION POST 403 MEMORIAL
- U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Space Command (White carnations)
- U.S. Merchant Marine, Women's Army Corps (WACS), U.S. Waves (Pink carnations)
- You may wish to remember an individual/individuals. If you do, please place a flower and say the persons name (Red carnations)
Reading of a portion of UNDERNEATH THE LILACS by Bruce Catton
Source: BRUCE CATTON'S AMERICA: SELECTIONS OF HIS GREATEST WORKS.
Read by: LINDA GARRITY
SPECIAL THANKS from Chestnut Grove Cemetery and the Historical Society of Olmsted Falls. to:
Liz Tinter CUTTING GARDEN, 25561 Mill street, Olmsted Falls Brown Hardware 23029 Sprague Road
Denise Stipple ROMANCING THE WALLS, Valley City,
Linda Garrity, Miss Skylar, Rory Hurley, Terri Grospitch, John Philips, Trudy Wilmink Olmsted Falls Councilman Megan Coy Olmsted Falls Police Chief Odis Rogers Olmsted Falls Fire Chief Matt Sheehan Zoe Nechvatal, Owen Nechvatal Sandy Nechvatal, Matt Nechvatal
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