- Date
- 2005-11-11
- Kind
- Religious service
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityhistoryheritagemusiccommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On November 11, 2005, Beaver Island held a school ceremony followed by an AmVets observance across the street. The program combined civic ritual, music, prayer, poetry, Taps, and remembrance of Islanders killed in war.
Evidence limits
The article records the reported program and participants but does not establish a complete attendance list or organizational history of the AmVets post.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2005, "The Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month at the Eleventh Hour."Describes the school ceremony at 10:30, the AmVets ceremony at 11:11, color guard, songs, prayer, Flanders Field, Taps, and the recitation of Beaver Islanders who died in war. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the ceremony report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island observes Armistice Day with school and AmVets ceremonies, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-armistice-day-ceremony-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2005, "The Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month at the Eleventh Hour." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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