ARMISTICE DAY
REMEMBRANCE DAY November 11, 2022
VETERANS DAY
Introduction
Presentation of the wreaths in honor of the veterans
At: The American Legion Post 403 Memorial,new Chestnut Grove Cemetery
By: JAMES SHERWOOD,U.S. ARMY VETERAN, 1st 73rd Armor, 4th Brigade & ALEX BAKOS,U.S. ARMY VETERAN, 107TH Cavalry Regiment
Raising of the American flag flown over U.S.S. VULCAN (AR-5)
Presented by Captain Harry Spencer, Jr., Commander Tom Goodall (Olmsted Falls), Officers, and Crew.
BRAVO ZULU
Only official congratulatory Signal used by the U.S. Navy: a mission well done.
Presented by Commander David Clark, Officers, and Crew, U.S.S. SEMMES (DDG-18).
PRAYER BY
CHAPLAIN CHRIS HINCKLEY, The Olmsted Falls Bible Church
MAYOR JAMES GRAVEN
TRUSTEE JEANINE KRESS
MR. THOMAS OSBORNE
IN FLANDERS FIELDS-John McCrae
READ BY: MRS. JOANNE DUMOUND
Source: IN FLANDERS FIELDS: THE 1917 CAMPAIGN
by Leon Wolff, Ballantine Books, New York, 1958
Special Thanks from Chestnut Grove Cemetery and The Historical Society of Olmsted Falls to:
Mayor James Graven, Trustee Jeanine Kress, Mrs. JoAnne Dumound, Chaplain Chris Hinckley, Terri Grospitch, Mr.Thomas Osborne, Olmsted Falls Police Chief Odis Rogers, Denise Schippel (designed wreaths), James Sherwood, and Trudy Wilmink.
JAMES WALLACE
Olmsted Falls, Commander American Legion Post 403
U.S. ARMY Veteran: Korea, Viet Nam. responsible for the AMERICAN LEGION POST 403 MEMORIAL He was most helpful & encouraging to us over the years in regards to the Memorial Day and Armistice Day ceremonies. We thank him for all his support. Mr. Wallace passed away October 18, 2022. Bravo Zulu
Cancelled due to weather
REQUESTED INFORMATION
We received an e-mail November 22, 2022,:
"Is it possible, is there some way to find out what land/addresses some of them lived on?"
On November 30, 2022, we received an e-mail: "Thank you so much for the info! I will try these steps.... I wonder if you are in touch with any of the Cooks? It looks like my family & there's (sic) were married way back when."
It is possible some of you may be familiar/know a Cook family. If so, please let me know and you can either contact the person or I can forward the information to her. Thank you.
WME
December 2022