Veterans of Foreign Wars, Munster Post 2697
2010 Schedule of Ceremonies conducted at the
Community Veterans Memorial
May 1: 1pm - VFW District 1 Loyalty Day
May 15: Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Day - Flags lowered to half staff until noon
May 31: 11:30am - Memorial Day ceremony. Flags lowered to half staff until conclusion of gun salute
July 4: 12pm - 21 minute-gun salute
September 11: Sunset - Patriot Day Ceremony and Freedom Walk. Flags lowered to half staff until sunset
November 11: 11am - Armistice Day / Veterans Day ceremony
December 8: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - Flags lowered to half staff until noon
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DID YOU KNOW?
The red flag is an international signal flag representing the alphabet letter “B” or “BRAVO”. When displayed alone on a staff or yard arm, it is the international signal: “I AM TAKING ON OR DISCHARGING EXPLOSIVES” and is flown at the memorial during cannon-fire salutes.
Post 2697 will observe the death of a Past President of The United States with traditional gun salutes. On the day following the death of a past president, (except Sunday) one cannon round is fired on the hour and half-hour from sunrise to sunset. At sunset, 21 rounds are fired. 21 rounds are fired at noon on the day of interment.
The Mark 1 Brodie Helmet (like the one seen in the WWI section of the Memorial) was designed in Britain by John L Brodie in 1915 to protect a soldier's head and shoulders from shrapnel. Until then, soldiers wore cloth or leather hats. Many soldiers suffered head wounds from the new anti-personnel, long-range artillery shells. Its official designation in the U.S. was M1917 Helmet. |
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