Memorial Park honors flag with Elks and Legion presentation
At Memorial Park a 90 foot flag pole was presented to the borough by Captain A R Wheeler and Nelson P Wheeler of Endeavor as Mrs Perry D Clark donated the flag. Burgess L E Chaproux accepted for Warren and Robert W Mackay spoke of the flag as a symbol of service with Emerson and Kilmer verses. The program opened with the VFW band and Rev Raymon M Kistler gave the principal address on the flag’s history and meaning.
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Warren Lodge of Elks
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Memorial Park
Svening
Perry D. Clark
Legion
A. R. Wheeler
Nelson P. Wheeler
Endeavor
Robert W. Mackay
Burgess L. E. Chaproux
Mackay
Pennsylvania
Joe Kilmer
Alexander R. Wheeler
Neilson F Wheeler
American Legion
Emerson
Burgess
Amercan Legion
Department of Pennsylvania
Warren
Elk Lodge
The
Elks
Warren Lodge
France
Marquis de Lafayette
Lafayette
Raymon M. Kistter
First Presbyterian Church
America
Continental Congress
United Colonies
United Land
Union
Perry
Lake Erie
Fort Stanwix
Flag and memory of heroes guide Elkdom gathering
A wartime style flag ceremony recalls sacrifices for freedom and democracy. Speakers urge vigilance against oppression, call for loyalty to ideals, and honor departed friends as the band plays America. The crowd disperses amid praise for stirring tunes and public patriotism.
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God of Nations
Elkdom
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