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Beaver Island community marks Veterans Day with breakfast and memorial ceremony, 2009

Also Beaver Island Veterans Day 2009

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TypeEvent
Date2009-11-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2009-11-11
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Celebration
Where
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Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Bob Tidmore’s December letter thanked residents and visitors who participated in the 2009 Veterans Day breakfast, school greeting-card presentation, restaurant support for Post 46, and ceremony at the Holy Cross memorial.

Evidence limits

The letter is a participant’s public acknowledgment, not an attendance register, program, or independent account of the ceremony.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, December 2009, "Letters: Veterans Day."
    Reports the Peaine Township Hall breakfast, school student participation, Stoney Acres support for Post 46, and a Veterans Day ceremony at Holy Cross memorial. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the letter.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-12_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The advance notice scheduled the 11:00 a.m. ceremony at Holy Cross and an 8:00–10:00 a.m. public Veterans Appreciation Breakfast at Peaine Township Hall, sponsored by the Beaver Island Gardens. The later newspaper letter is stronger for the realized program and community participation.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002015

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community marks Veterans Day with breakfast and memorial ceremony, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-veterans-day-community-program-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2009, "Letters: Veterans Day." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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