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Beaver Island youth receive troop correspondence and a Fallujah-flown flag, 2006

Also BIYC Support Our Troops September project 2006

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TypeEvent
Date2006-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2006-12
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitymilitarycommunitycommunicationeducation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Youth Consortium reported receiving correspondence from troops and an American flag flown over Fallujah after its September 2006 Support Our Troops project. The materials were scheduled for public display at the District Library and Community School.

Evidence limits

The report does not identify the correspondents, deployment units, or the project’s complete contents.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. The Youth Consortium announced the September care-package drive for local service members, including supply and postage donations and a request for recipient names. This is the first-party campaign notice; the December Beacon remains stronger evidence for the later correspondence and flag display.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000733
  2. "Response From Our Troops," Beaver Beacon, December 2006.
    Reports correspondence from troops and an American flag flown over Fallujah, displayed at the District Library and Beaver Island Community School after the Youth Consortium's September Support Our Troops project. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-12_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held issue scan confirms the correspondence report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island youth receive troop correspondence and a Fallujah-flown flag, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-youth-consortium-support-our-troops-correspondence-2006/, accessed [date], citing Sarah O, “Support Our Troops September,” Beaver Island Forum, September 8, 2006. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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