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Veteran’s Memorials & their Preservation. What it mean’s to me and why I do it By Historical Memorial Preservationist Marion (Mick) Hersey. Elizabeth Ellington WSDAR Marker, Manette Bridge. 4 th Street Memorial.
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Veteran’s Memorials & their Preservation What it mean’s to me and why I do it By Historical Memorial Preservationist Marion (Mick) Hersey
4th Street Memorial Mayor Lent at the rededication of the 4th street Memorial from the Elizabeth Ellington Chapter of WSDAR
William Bremer Memorial This is the condition that I found the Namesake Memorial of our Town. I asked to have it moved away from the parking garage to the Boardwalk downtown and refurbished it.
Gun & Park CleanupCrewmembers from the Deck Department of the USS Ronald Reagan volunteer to clean up the park and paint and preserve the signal battery at Evergreen Park, site of WWI Memorial and the set of Guns at Illahee Park
What happens when we do not take care of them The Airframes Dept of USS Ronald Reagan assisted me in repairing the trailing edge of the F-8 Crusader
Repairing & Refurbishing Condition of F-8 at start Ensuring the proper name & spacing of lettering
Memorial Day Flag Replacement • Raising the American flag to full Mast at 12:00 noon, retiring the existing flag and replacing it with a new flag donated from Lowes Hardware
Retiring of the FlagRetirement will be at NAD Park at 15:00 (3:00) All flags will be collected and returned to me for proper retirement at a Flag Retirement Ceremony held by Local Boy Scouts