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Presented
awards to deserving high school students.
Supported local
FFA program at high school.
Placed over
1500 flags on veteran’s graves in 50 county
cemeteries for Memorial Day.
Supported
Salvation Army by ringing bell at front of
local grocery store for county needy families.
Our Military
Honors Unit was the first to be Certified to
conduct and assist in burial of U.S. Army
Veterans by Department of the ARMY.
Were pallbearers at Veterans burials?
Represented the U.S.GOVERNMENT by presenting
the U.S.FLAG to next of kin at veterans’
burials.
We maintain a
Vietnam Veterans park in Philippi, and 2 war
memorials, one to Korean War and one to WW 1.
We conduct an
oratorical competition at high school.
We send four
outstanding boys to Boy State Camp
We promote Flag
Education in local schools
We promote good
citizenship by presenting flag citations to
schools, businesses, and privates citizens.
We promote
patriotic holiday observances through Veterans
Day parade, Memorial Day services at Mt Vernon
Cemetery, Issuing a flag proclamation for flag
week. Place flags on light poles up and down
main street. Place burial flags on poles for
the “Avenue of Flags” at Mt.Vernon Cemetery for
Memorial Day.
We have
provided a color guard for a dedication of a
local hospital.
We support the
Boy Scouts programs and sponsor Boy Scout Troop
#644.
We supported
the National Youth Leaders Conference.
We have
provided a GUN Safety Course for Scouts and
Hunters.
We provided
road sign welcoming people to town and
stressing driving safely
We provide
replacement American Flags for outside display
to local hospitals, schools, and fire
departments.
Note:
Maintaining park includes cutting lawns,
trimming, removing paper & etc., watering lawns
and flower beds, trimming weeds, sweeping
parking areas, painting benches and tables.
We held a
veterans workshop on veterans benefits and
offered medical screening from the VA Hospital.
Donated food
and supplies to flood victims in North
Carolina.
Our members do
volunteer work at local museums and historical
places.
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