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AMVETS Post 46 holds Beaver Island Memorial Day ceremony, 2018

Also Beaver Island Memorial Day ceremony 2018

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TypeEvent
Date2018-05-28
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2018-05-28
Kind
Ceremony
Where
Beaver Island
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organization/amvets-post-46
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
memorialsveteranscommunitypublic-service
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

AMVETS Post 46 held a Memorial Day ceremony at Beaver Island’s Veterans Park on May 28, 2018. The program included recognition of veterans who had died since the previous Memorial Day and a Coast Guard flyover; the traditional breakfast was not held that year because of limited personnel.

Evidence limits

The ceremony announcement is first-party organizational evidence. The flyover’s completion is supported here by a participant follow-up, not by a Coast Guard operational record.

Sources

  1. A community thread collected names of island-connected veterans, including people living and deceased, and corrected at least one mistaken inclusion. It is a valuable remembrance lead but not an authoritative military-service roster; names require independent verification before biographical use.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013119
  2. AMVETS announced an 11:00 AM May 28 ceremony at Veterans Park, cancellation of the traditional breakfast for lack of personnel, recognition of veterans who had died since the prior Memorial Day, and a requested Coast Guard flyover subject to operational diversion.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013078
  3. A participant reported that the flyover occurred at 11:00 and thanked AMVETS; this is a contemporaneous participant report rather than an official Coast Guard log.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013078

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Beaver Island Archive, “AMVETS Post 46 holds Beaver Island Memorial Day ceremony, 2018”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-amvets-memorial-day-ceremony-2018/, accessed [date], citing Community contributors, “Thank You For Serving,” Beaver Island Forum, May 26–June 1, 2018. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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