- Date
- 2003-06-14
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- militarycelebrationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
AmVets Post 41 held a Flag Day ceremony on June 14, 2003, raising a new flag and ceremonially retiring worn flags while members and spectators observed.
Evidence limits
The feature gives a newspaper account of the ceremony but not a formal veterans-organization record.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 2003, “Celebrating Flag Day”.Reports ten AmVets members and fifteen spectators at Doug Hartle’s beach property, a new flag raising, trumpet accompaniment, and ceremonial disposal of worn flags. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the July 2003 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island AmVets Post 41 conducts a Flag Day ceremony”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-amvets-flag-day-ceremony-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2003, “Celebrating Flag Day”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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