Name: Beaver Island holds its 2012 Veterans Day observance at Veterans Memorial Park
Start: 2012-11-12
End: 2012-11-12
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2012-11-12
Kind: Ceremony
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: militaryheritagecommunityremembrance
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

AMVETS Post 46 held Beaver Island’s 2012 Veterans Day observance on Monday, November 12, at Veterans Memorial Park, with the St. James Fire Department as the rain location. A post-event message thanks those who attended and the school’s Operation American Soldier program.

Evidence limits

This is a first-party organizer report confirming the planned date and a post-event acknowledgment, but it gives no attendance count or ceremony text.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Veterans Day Observance," November 5–12, 2012.
AMVETS Post 46 corrects the date to Monday, November 12 at 11 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park, with the fire department as rain location; a follow-up thanks attendees, the school, and the Operation American Soldier program. A contemporaneous video link is mentioned but not held.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005707
Beaver Island Forum, “Operation American Soldier,” November 6, 2012.
The Beaver Island High School National Honor Society announced its holiday collection for soldiers, including a school collection deadline and a student Fun Night. The forum notice documents the planned collection, not shipment or receipt by soldiers.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005713
Beaver Island National Honor Society, “In NEED of Putters for National Honor Society!!,” Beaver Island Forum, November 7–8, 2012.
The NHS sought putters for a student Putt-Putt Golf Night to raise items for American soldiers. This adds a concrete school fundraising activity to the Operation American Soldier context, but does not establish attendance or proceeds.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005724
Beaver Island Forum, “Tribute to Veterans,” November 22, 2012.
AMVETS thanked BICS students for a veterans collage displayed at the Community Center. It enriches the observance’s school-community context but does not establish attendance at the ceremony.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005782

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island holds its 2012 Veterans Day observance at Veterans Memorial Park”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-veterans-day-observance-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Veterans Day Observance," November 5–12, 2012. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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