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Beaver Island observes Memorial Day with AMVETS ceremony, 2016

Also AMVETS Post 46 Memorial Day ceremony 2016

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TypeEvent
Date2016-05-30
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2016-05-30
Kind
Memorial observance
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
militarycommunityheritageremembrance
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island observed Memorial Day on May 30, 2016, with an AMVETS Post 46 ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park. AMVETS reported that island volunteers placed more than 130 flags on veterans’ graves, added fresh flowers, and planned a Coast Guard flyover subject to weather and operations. WVBI later announced a broadcast of the ceremony.

Evidence limits

The sources are organizer and station reports. They establish the observance and its reported activities, but not attendance or the complete ceremony program.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. AMVETS described placing more than 130 flags on island veteran graves, adding fresh flowers, remembering veterans connected to the island, and a Coast Guard flyover subject to weather and operations. A later WVBI notice confirms that a ceremony had occurred and was rebroadcast, but the archive does not preserve attendance or a full program.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010202
  2. AMVETS described placing more than 130 flags on island veteran graves, adding fresh flowers, remembering veterans connected to the island, and a Coast Guard flyover subject to weather and operations. A later WVBI notice confirms that a ceremony had occurred and was rebroadcast, but the archive does not preserve attendance or a full program.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010238
  3. AMVETS invited families to take home red, white, and blue bouquets placed on veterans’ graves after Memorial Day and said remaining bouquets would be removed. A reply characterized the ceremony as lovely, but the thread does not provide attendance or an independent account.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010244

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island observes Memorial Day with AMVETS ceremony, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-memorial-day-ceremony-2016/, accessed [date], citing AMVETS Post 46 and WVBI, “Update on Memorial Day” and “Memorial Day Ceremony at Veterans' Memorial Park Broadcast,” Beaver Island Forum, May 23–30, 2016. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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