Greater Powell Veterans Memoral
 

Please Join Us for the Dedication of the Greater Powell Veterans Memorial

Greater Powell Veterans Memorial will be dedicated immediately following the Memorial Day Parade! The Parade starts at 10:00 AM on Monday May 26, 2008 and the dedication ceremony will follow immediately afterward (about 11:30), lasting approximately 30 minutes.  After the ceremony there will be snacks and beverages for everyone to share and take some time to visit.

EVERYONE IS INVITED!!!!!!

We have many Veterans attending our parade and dedication of the Memorial from not only Powell, but from around the state and the country! 
When was the last time you or your children met a WWII Veteran, or had an opportunity to be a part of a ceremony thanking all Veterans, Past, Present & Future?  Come and join us immediately following the parade for a quick ceremony celebrating our Veterans and showing them our appreciation with our new Greater Powell Veterans Memorial!
If you are a Veteran you are invited to participate not only in the parade (we will have one float for each branch of service) but also come and be a part of the dedication ceremony!  All Veterans are encouraged to meet in the Community room immediately following the ceremony to munch and mingle!
If you have participated in the efforts for this Memorial, by buying a brick, come and see your brick or the brick of your loved one!  Bricks will be placed prior to the dedication ceremony, and can be ordered up to the Wednesday before Memorial Day (May 21) to be included that day.  There will be opportunities to purchase future bricks on the day of and after the ceremony.


Questions? Please contact Kathryn Gerke at 614-736-0389 or kgerke@columbus.rr.com and she will provide you with additional information.

“Remembering those who defend our freedom.  All gave some, some gave all.”
“Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all the sheltered and protected can never experience.”

John Stuart Mill

VETERAN ESCORTS ARE NEEDED

We have many Veterans attending our parade and dedication of the Memorial from not only Powell, but from around the state and the country! 

  • ALL area Veterans are invited and this will be in the paper and on the local news
  • The Ohio Catholic War Veterans Group is attending
  • Some of the Ohio Military Hall of Fame inductees are attending
  • The Ohio Veterans Affairs Office has sent out a message of our parade and dedication and they have given an open invitation
  • Every Veteran who purchased a brick has been invite

What needs to be done? 

  • We will have a float for each branch of service
  • Volunteers need to greet the Veterans and direct them to a float
  • Volunteers are asked to walk alongside the floats to pass out candy, flags or fliers.
  • Volunteers will help to escort the Veterans to the Memorial site in the Village Green Park at the end of the parade.