Please remember why we have Memorial Day. It is not to buy 3
tires and get one Free. Thank you Veterans #Memorial Day
I try to keep track of businesses that have Memorial Day
sales; then try to never-ever do business with them.
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My Memorial Day story this Sunday, May 21, 2017, is on Sgt.
Joe Oreto, who died in Tay Ninh Province Vi
ệt Nam up along the Cambodian border,
during Operation Toan Thang II, on April 13, 1969.
I began researching my article for this Memorial Day a long
time ago. It is another installment on one the Carroll County military
personnel who appear on the wall at the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial next to
the courthouse. In the past I have shared the stories of nine of the eighteen
fallen heroes from the Vietnam War.
This year’s installment was one Tony Oreto… “On May 29,
Carroll County will mark its 150th continuous annual observance of Memorial Day
with a parade on Main Street in Westminster and ceremonies at the Westminster
Cemetery. The annual tradition was first organized by Mary Bostwick Shellman on
May 30, 1868, after the Civil War. Near the cemetery... “Time Flies:
Remembering Joseph Oreto's service and sacrifice for Memorial Day”
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/columnists/features/ph-cc-dayhoff-052117-20170520-column.html
My law enforcement friends might note that when he was
drafted, after two-years of college at St. Mary’s College – then a two-year
school, he was a cadet training to be a police officer with the Washington D.C.
Police. His father was a U.S. Marshal stationed in Chattanooga, TN.
In past years I have told the stories of Fred Magsamen,
Christopher Jesse Miller, Jr., Stanley Groomes, Joseph Blickenstaff, Herbert
Eugene Mulkey, Jr., James Norman Byers, Ronald Kenny, and Sherman E. Flanagan,
Jr.
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Michel Elben Carroll County Times twitter.com/MichelElben
Proudly waving American flags, over 40 people walked half a
mile from the St. Matthew United Church of Christ to the Pleasant Valley
Cemetery Sunday afternoon to honor those killed in service to their country in
observance of Memorial Day.
"We honor the people that have given the utmost to our
country and kept America free," said Arthur Jenne, a retired Marine Corps
officer from Pleasant Valley.
[…]
Kevin Dayhoff, who served in the Marine Corps Reserves, was
the keynote speaker.
"It is our duty and responsibility as citizens, to
remember these brave sons of Carroll County and never forget the men and women
who know all too well the cost of our freedom, for their service to our country
is the greatest gift of all," Dayhoff said.
[…]
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Originally published May 25, 2013
Memorial Day 2013 To those who serve thank you
I try to keep track of businesses that have Memorial Day
sales Then try to never-ever do business with them.
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For more stories on Memorial Day, on Kevin Dayhoff
Soundtrack:
Memorial Day To those who serve thank you
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... represent "Miss Poppy" for the observance of Memorial
Day. In the United States, the poppy is most often worn on Memorial Day. Pat
Davis, who is assisting the ... this," said Amass of Krauss. Kevin Dayhoff
By Kevin E. Dayhoff, June 2, 2012 ... Westminster for the
expanded 145th Memorial Day parade and ceremonies. Main ... had been the focal
point of many Memorial Day observances in Westminster ? after ... May 30, 1868.
This year's Memorial Day address was delivered by Navy Commander ...
... to visit the USS Maine Memorial Plat in the middle of
... Cemetery. The Maine Memorial area, surrounded by ... It was on the
second day of military operations ... Well," and, to this day,
the battle is commemorated ... south in February Kevin Dayhoff may be
reached at…
By Kevin E. Dayhoff, Story January 28, 2013
... cemetery when they attend the
annual Memorial Day parade. The annual observance ... before,
make plans to attend the Memorial Day ceremonies in Westminster.
This ... the Westminster Cemetery, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at
By Kevin E. Dayhoff, January 12, 2013 ... A. P. Schultz, Monuments
and Tombstones ... The good ole' days were indeed hard ... often took several days,
and it was made ... microwave oven, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at
... A. P. Schultz, Monuments and Tombstones ... much easier
than day-to-day life in ...
By Kevin Dayhoff, May 26, 2012 ... will be remembered on the
first Memorial Day since his death in January ... Dulaney
Valley Memorial Gardens' Memorial Day observance, in Timonium ... Valley
has conducted an annual Memorial Day observance since 1967. The memorial ...
By Kevin Dayhoff, September 9, 2011 ... cookouts over the
three-day Labor Day weekend, men and women ... have any memory
of that day or weren't yet born ... attend one of the
several memorial services that will take ... 11 anniversary,
Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff ...
By Kevin Dayhoff, November 1, 2011 ... Shellman founded
Westminster's Memorial Day Parade in 1868 ? today believed ... the longest
continuously running Memorial Day parade in the country. She ... Arlington
National Cemetery," the Memorial Day poem for Antietam Battlefield
and ...
By Kevin Dayhoff, Carroll Eagle and Steve Kilar, Baltimore
Sun, January 12, 2012 ... Base. "This is a tragic day for
(Seidler's unit), and ... Interment will be later that day at Arlington
National Cemetery ... join the military. In the days following news of
Seidler ... payable to: The Matthew Seidler Memorial Fund, c/o Susquehanna Bank...
By Kevin Dayhoff, January 7, 2012 ... no additional details
were released. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and
especially for Matt's family ... the pride we'll feel when we see Matt's name
on the EOD Memorial Wall at Eglin Air Force Base will not extinguish
the sorrow ...
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