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AmVets asks Islanders to identify veteran graves missing flags, 2006

Also Beaver Island AmVets veteran grave flags 2006

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TypeEvent
Date2006-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2006-07
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
militaryheritagecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

AmVets Post 46 reported that it placed flags on Beaver Island veterans’ graves at both cemeteries by Memorial Day, while asking readers to identify veterans’ graves that the group might not know about.

Evidence limits

The notice describes the group’s practice and request; it does not provide a complete cemetery survey or list of veterans’ graves.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, July 2006, "Honoring our Vets."
    Reports AmVets Post 46's practice of placing flags at veterans' graves in Holy Cross and St. James Township cemeteries and asks readers to report unmarked veteran graves to Brian and Dee Gallagher. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the veterans' grave notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “AmVets asks Islanders to identify veteran graves missing flags, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-honoring-veterans-grave-flags-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2006, "Honoring our Vets." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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