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VFW post No. 5231 holds Memorial Day ceremony

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:55 PM


Montezuma County VFW Post #5231 invites the public to join them at its annual Memorial Day Ceremony to be held at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Mancos on May 26 at 11:00 a.m. Members of the Post & Auxiliary will put out the Avenue of Flags at the cemetery earlier that morning along with American flags on the grave sites of fallen Veterans. The Ladies Auxiliary will meet at 5:00 p.m. on May 25 to put out the Auxiliary flags on their deceased members graves. The Ladies Auxiliary will put out the American flags on the streets in Mancos early Monday morning. After the ceremony at Cedar Grove, the Post & Auxiliary members will return to the Post at 136 W. Grand in Mancos for a Flag Burning Ceremony. If anyone has flags that are faded and torn and you wish to bring them, the Post will dispose of them properly at this ceremony. The public is invited to join the Post & Auxiliary members for the Flag Burning Ceremony.

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