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Beaver Island holds Veterans’ Day celebration at Veterans’ Park

Also Beaver Island Veterans' Day celebration 2011

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TypeEvent
Date2011-11-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Modern era
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The December 2011 Beaver Beacon reports that about 150 people, including high school students, attended a Veterans’ Day celebration at the new Veterans’ Park on November 11, 2011. The program included a prayer, local history, a reading of Flanders Field, and Taps.

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The article is a retrospective newspaper account and does not provide a full program, attendance register, or transcript of the remarks.

Sources

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Sources

  1. AMVETS announced the 11 a.m. November 11 observance at Veterans Memorial Park, with St. James Township Fire Hall as the rain location. A later reply hoped that weather permitted an outdoor ceremony; it does not independently confirm the location or attendance.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004281
  2. Beaver Beacon, December 2011, "Veterans' Day Celebration."
    Reports approximately 150 attendees, including high-school students, a prayer by chaplain Bob Hoogendoorn, a Veterans' Day history by Alvin LaFreniere, Caitlin Jones reading Flanders Field, and Taps by Bob Hoogendoorn. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-12_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held December issue scan confirms the Veterans' Day report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island holds Veterans’ Day celebration at Veterans’ Park”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-veterans-day-celebration-2011/, accessed [date], citing AMVETS Post 46, “Veterans Day Friday Nov 11,” Beaver Island Forum, November 7–11, 2011. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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