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On Monday, May 28, Carroll County will mark its 145th annual observance of Memorial Day with an expanded parade and ceremonies at the Westminster Cemetery.
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On Monday, May 28, Carroll County will mark its 145th annual observance of Memorial Day with an expanded parade and ceremonies at the Westminster Cemetery.
In 1967, our community noted the 100th anniversary of Westminster's Memorial Day observances. According to local historian Jay Graybeal, who wrote about the occasion for the Historical Society of Carroll County in 1997, "Participants came from sixteen states and one newspaper estimated that the crowd numbered 15,000 people."
Ironically and tragically, it was just one year after that centennial celebration that Air National Guard Lt. Col. Sherman E. Flanagan Jr., 38, a Westminster attorney — and a member of the 100th anniversary committee — was shot down and killed while flying a mission over the Demilitarized Zone in Vietnam on July 21, 1968. He was flying an F-100 "Super Sabre" jet fighter at the time of his death.
According to an article in The Baltimore Sun's Carroll County edition, "Flanagan was believed to be the first Guardsman to die in Vietnam who was called to duty during that period." … http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0527-20120526,0,2171783.story#tugs_story_display
For #Memorial Day, we recall Air National Guard Lt. Col. Sherman E. Flanagan Jr loss in #Vietnam
Eagle Archive: Wampler's life of service made him an apt participant on #Westminster #Memorial Day http://tinyurl.com/7vojfmx
Atlee Wampler was a tall man who maintained a military bearing forged in heavy combat throughout WWII, all his life
Wampler served as the #Westminster #Carroll Co #Memorial Day parade marshall from 1947 until his death in 1991 http://tinyurl.com/7vojfmx
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On May 28, Carroll County and Westminster will mark the 145th observance of Memorial Day with an expanded parade and three-days of activities — thanks to all the hard work of American Legion Carroll Post No. 31 and leaders like Skip Amass, coordinator of this year's activities.
The tradition of the parade and ceremony in Westminster began in 1868, when Mary Bostwick Shellman followed General John A. Logan's May 5, 1868, General Order No. 11 — which called upon people to adorn the graves of Union soldiers with flowers.
She gathered a group of schoolchildren for that task, and they walked from the old schoolhouse on Center Street to Westminster Cemetery.
As with all the many stories in Carroll, the hands and hearts of countless individuals and community organizations have guided and nurtured the observances over the years. The list is long and celebrated.
However, one of the names historically synonymous with Memorial Day is particularly worthy of note — Atlee Willis Wampler Jr… READ MORE: http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0520-20120519,0,5649787.story
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Next Monday is Memorial Day. For many it is more than a holiday, it is a day when we gather as a community to express our gratitude to our country’s men and women in uniform, who by their sacrifice cannot be with us to enjoy the day… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5122
This year, Westminster and Carroll County will mark its 145th observance of Memorial Day with an expanded parade and four-days of activities.
The tradition of the parade and ceremony in Westminster began in 1868, when Mary Bostwick Shellman followed General John A. Logan’s May 5, 1868, General Order No. 11 to adorn the graves of Union soldiers with flowers. She gathered a group of schoolchildren for the task and they walked from the old schoolhouse on Center Street to Westminster Cemetery.
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Last week I wrote about a local community leader, Atlee Willis Wampler, Jr., who served as the Westminster Memorial Day parade marshal for more than 44 years, from just after World War II until he passed away March 11, 1991.
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That said, I have grown exhausted with the gut-wrenching existentialism and overwhelming fatigue that accompanies covering military funerals for the paper.
I was quite struck by a May 6 article in The Washington Post by Ian Shapira, “Barbara Robbins: A slain CIA secretary’s life and death,” about a little-known Vietnam War casualty from a bombing that occurred in Saigon March 30, 1965.
According to the article, “The CIA director revealed only a few details about the 21-year-old woman, a secretary among spies. In the agency’s annual memorial service for employees killed on the job, then-Director Leon E. Panetta announced that a new name had been inscribed with calligraphy inside the CIA’s Book of Honor: Barbara Annette Robbins, who had volunteered to go to Saigon during the Vietnam War…
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The story of Ms. Robbins is compelling and evocative. Yet for me, what I found particularly haunting was the black and white picture of a very young American, in a far-off land, defending our freedoms, staring right at us.
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'Skip' Amass leads the charge for Westminster's 145th Memorial Day observance
Keeping the focus on community, service ... and good weather
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Not long after the sun comes up on Memorial Day, and hours before Westminster's 145th Memorial Day parade kicks off at 9:30 a.m., Arnold "Skip" Amass will be on site, helping set up the TV cameras and tying up last-minute loose ends.
Most of all, he'll be praying for good weather during an event that he's been busy planning almost from the moment that last year's 144th Memorial Day parade wrapped up.
"To give you some idea of the scope of this project, the committee that's working on this with me has about 145 people on it," said Amass, who for the past 15 years has also been the voice of the parade, providing commentary for Carroll County's public access TV channel 19's live coverage of the event.
This is the first year he's taken on the far more demanding role of principal coordinator.
"The people on the committee, who meet at the American Legion, represent just about every organization and every government in the county, including the library, the farm museum, the police departments," said Amass, 80, himself a Korean War veteran and long-time member of Westminster's Carroll Post 31 American Legion Post… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/ph-ce-skip-amass-0604-20120523,0,1578592,full.story
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#Westminster 2012 #Memorial Day Celebration Calendar of Events - 145th Anniversary
Westminster 2012 Memorial Day Celebration
Calendar of Events - 145th Anniversary
Saturday, May 26
* 9 a.m.-2 p.m. -Antique car show on the City of Westminster parking lot in front of City Hall, Longwell Avenue, Westminster. Entries by the AACA Gettysburg Region Antique Car Club, the Street Cars of Desire and the Free State Corvette Club.
* Noon-5 p.m. - Carroll County Farm Museum - Military reenactors depicting the life and times of soldiers during the War of 1812, the Civil War, World War I, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm, Kuwait and other conflicts. There will be demonstrations and displays and encampments. Also jeep rides for kids and a rock climbing wall. Free admission to events.
* 3 p.m. - Carroll County Farm Museum - music concert featuring the Westminster Municipal Band and the Old Line Statesmen Barbershop Group.
* 4-7 p.m. - Fried chicken dinner and entertainment at the VFW Post, 519 Poole Road. Cost is $8 adults; $5 children ages 3 to 8. For tickets, call 410-848-9888, Ext. 1, or Deb Carns at 443-677-0361.
* 7-11 p.m. - Heroes Dance at the VFW Post. Ticket $5; call 410-848-9888, Ext. 1, or 443-677-0361.
Sunday, May 27
* Noon-5 p.m. -Events at the Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center St., Westminster, continue with 20th century military reenactors, jeep rides and a rock climbing wall. Free admission to events.
* 3 p.m. - Band concert at the Carroll County Farm Museum featuring the Winters Mill High School Band and Joe and Audrey Cimino performing patriotic songs.
Monday, May 28
* 9:30 a.m.-Noon -145th Memorial Day Parade, from Pennsylvania Avenue to Main Street to the Westminster Cemetery. At the conclusion of the parade observance held at the cemetery with comments by grand marshal Commander Matthew Shipley, USN.
* 2 p.m. - Memorial Day service at VFW Post, 519 Poole Road, with guest speaker, retired Army Chaplain Col. Joel Cocklin, a Westminster native who graduated from Westminster High School in 1965. Also an open house, refreshments and special music. Call 443-677-0361 for details.
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Memorial Day 2012 by Maryland State Senator Joe Getty
Westminster's 145th Consecutive Celebration
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May 26, 2012
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#Memorial Day 2012 by Maryland State Senator Joe Getty
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May 26, 2012
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This Monday, May 28, I will attend the Catherine A.
Mulliken Memorial Run/Walk sponsored by Catherine's Cause and the
Lineboro-Manchester Lions Club. This is the 8th annual event in memory of Cathy
who at age 20 was tragically killed by a drunk driver. The run/walk begins at
10 a.m. at the Manchester Pool on Victory Street.
Later in the morning, I will catch up to the
Memorial Day celebration in Westminster. The parade will begin at
9:30 a.m. on Main Street. I will likely miss most of the parade but hope
to attend the ceremony in the Westminster cemetery and visit the grave of my
Civil War ancestor, Capt. Thomas Ocker.
Other events are scheduled throughout the weekend in
Westminster and are listed below. Also printed below is my Northern News column
from May 24, 2012:
WESTMINSTER'S 145TH MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION
The 145th celebration of Memorial Day will be held this
weekend in Westminster. Veterans' organizations will be hosting a series of
events in commemoration of this long-standing continuous tradition since 1868.
Known originally as "Decoration Day," the
first Westminster observance was organized in 1868 by Mary Bostwick Shellman
who led a children's parade to decorate the graves of Civil War veterans in the
Westminster Cemetery. This year's festivities have been coordinated by
American Legion Post 31 with Korean War veteran Arnold "Skip" Amass
as chairman of the organizing committee of over 150 volunteers.
My great-great-uncle, Thomas Ocker, was one of the Union
casualties from Westminster whose grave was decorated at that first
"Decoration Day." In fact, my great-grandfather H. Scott Roop may
have participated in that first children's parade as a six-year-old. He was the
nephew of Capt. Ocker by virtue of being the son of Ocker's sister, Henrietta
Ocker Roop.
Ocker served with many local men who volunteered for service
in the Union Army with the 6th Regiment, Maryland Volunteer Infantry. He
mustered in on August 18, 1862 as a private and received a series of promotions
until 1865 when he was mortally wounded on April 2 during the Petersburg Campaign.
Ocker survived the surrender of General Robert E. Lee on April 9 at Appomattox
but died twenty-five days later on May 4, 1865.
His body was returned home for burial in the Westminster
Cemetery. A worn and eroded inscription remains on the white obelisk monument
that stands only a hundred feet from where this year's memorial service will be
held after the parade on Monday.
Ocker's nephew and my great-grandfather, H. Scott Roop, grew
up in Westminster and ran several local businesses. He married Kate McCollum
who was a citizen activist engaged in many progressive movements of the early
20thcentury including the women's right to vote. Their son, Harold S. Roop,
served with other Westminster servicemen during World War I as part of the U.S.
Army's 29th Division, Company C, 112 Machine Gun Battalion.
In the archives of the Historical Society of Carroll County
is a poem written by Kate McCollum Roop as a patriotic call to support those
called to duty and serving overseas during World War I.
As we honor our veterans and especially our fallen heroes on
Memorial Day 2012, I offer my great-grandmother's World War I poem as words of
remembrance for those who have served and those who continue to serve our
country:
Maryland, My Maryland
We'll all be soldiers everywhere,
In Maryland, My Maryland,
Sure everyone will do his share,
In Maryland, My Maryland.
The Khaki or the Blue we'll wear
To Toll for hours, we must in air,
To save our land, our soil prepare,
In Maryland, My Maryland.
With plow and rake, with pick and hoe,
In Maryland, My Maryland.
Out to the yards and fields we'll go,
In Maryland, My Maryland,
Yes, dig and plant the test we know,
And all the seeds, we have we'll sow,
For Uncle Sam they'll surely grow,
In Maryland, My Maryland.
Our work at home will have no end,
In Maryland, My Maryland,
Till all our strength and time we spend,
In Maryland, My Maryland.
On fields and Trench we must depend,
Our Boys in War our cause defend
While we in turn our food must send,
In Maryland, My Maryland.
Our Victory won through days of stress,
In Maryland, My Maryland.
Her freedom then we will possess,
In Maryland, My Maryland.
Then to her Sons we'll shout success
And Welcome home with tenderness,
Assured that God will greatly bless,
Our Maryland, Dear Maryland.
KATE McCOLLUM ROOP
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#Westminster 2012 #Memorial Day Celebration Calendar of Events - 145th Anniversary
Westminster 2012
Memorial Day Celebration
Calendar of Events -
145th Anniversary
Saturday, May 26
* 9 a.m.-2 p.m. -Antique car show on the City of Westminster
parking lot in front of City Hall, Longwell Avenue, Westminster. Entries by the
AACA Gettysburg Region Antique Car Club, the Street Cars of Desire and the Free
State Corvette Club.
* Noon-5 p.m. - Carroll County Farm Museum - Military
reenactors depicting the life and times of soldiers during the War of 1812, the
Civil War, World War I, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert
Storm, Kuwait and other conflicts. There will be demonstrations and displays
and encampments. Also jeep rides for kids and a rock climbing wall. Free
admission to events.
* 3 p.m. - Carroll County Farm Museum - music concert
featuring the Westminster Municipal Band and the Old Line Statesmen Barbershop
Group.
* 4-7 p.m. - Fried chicken dinner and entertainment at the
VFW Post, 519 Poole Road. Cost is $8 adults; $5 children ages 3 to 8. For
tickets, call 410-848-9888, Ext. 1, or Deb Carns at 443-677-0361.
* 7-11 p.m. - Heroes Dance at the VFW Post. Ticket $5; call
410-848-9888, Ext. 1, or 443-677-0361.
Sunday, May 27
* Noon-5 p.m. -Events at the Carroll County Farm Museum, 500
S. Center St., Westminster, continue with 20th century military reenactors,
jeep rides and a rock climbing wall. Free admission to events.
* 3 p.m. - Band concert at the Carroll County Farm Museum
featuring the Winters Mill High School Band and Joe and Audrey Cimino
performing patriotic songs.
Monday, May 28
* 9:30 a.m.-Noon -145th Memorial Day Parade, from
Pennsylvania Avenue to Main Street to the Westminster Cemetery. At the
conclusion of the parade observance held at the cemetery with comments by grand
marshal Commander Matthew Shipley, USN.
* 2 p.m. - Memorial Day service at VFW Post, 519 Poole Road,
with guest speaker, retired Army Chaplain Col. Joel Cocklin, a Westminster
native who graduated from Westminster High School in 1965. Also an open house,
refreshments and special music. Call 443-677-0361 for details.
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Atlee Wampler was a tall man who maintained a military
bearing forged in heavy combat throughout WWII, all his life
Wampler served as the #Westminster #Carroll Co #Memorial Day
parade marshall from 1947 until his death in 1991 http://tinyurl.com/7vojfmx
By Kevin Dayhoff, May 19, 2012 http://twitpic.com/9pbno6 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0520-20120519,0,5649787.story
On May 28, Carroll County and Westminster will mark the 145th
observance of Memorial Day with an expanded parade and three-days of
activities — thanks to all the hard work of American Legion Carroll Post No. 31 and leaders
like Skip Amass, coordinator of this year's activities.
The tradition of the parade and ceremony in Westminster
began in 1868, when Mary Bostwick Shellman followed General John A. Logan's May
5, 1868, General Order No. 11 — which called upon people to adorn the graves of
Union soldiers with flowers.
She gathered a group of schoolchildren for that task, and
they walked from the old schoolhouse on Center Street to Westminster Cemetery.
As with all the many stories in Carroll, the hands and
hearts of countless individuals and community organizations have guided and
nurtured the observances over the years. The list is long and celebrated.
However, one of the names historically synonymous with
Memorial Day is particularly worthy of note — Atlee Willis Wampler Jr… READ
MORE: http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0520-20120519,0,5649787.story
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Reflections on #Memorial Day by Kevin E. Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/br3hams The Tentacle
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Tentacle Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Reflections on
#Memorial Day by Kevin E. Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/br3hams
Next Monday is Memorial Day. For many it is more than a
holiday, it is a day when we gather as a community to express our gratitude to
our country’s men and women in uniform, who by their sacrifice cannot be with
us to enjoy the day… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5122
This year, Westminster and Carroll County will
mark its 145th
observance of Memorial Day with an expanded parade and four-days of
activities.
The tradition of the parade and ceremony in Westminster
began in 1868, when Mary Bostwick Shellman followed General John A. Logan’s May
5, 1868, General Order No. 11 to adorn the graves of Union soldiers with
flowers. She gathered a group of schoolchildren for the task and they walked
from the old schoolhouse on Center Street to Westminster Cemetery.
[…]
Last
week I wrote about a local community leader, Atlee Willis Wampler,
Jr., who served as the Westminster Memorial Day parade marshal for more than 44
years, from just after World War II until he passed away March 11, 1991.
[…]
That said, I have grown exhausted with the gut-wrenching
existentialism and overwhelming fatigue that accompanies covering
military funerals for the paper.
I was quite struck by a May 6 article in The Washington
Post by Ian Shapira, “Barbara Robbins: A slain CIA secretary’s life
and death,” about a little-known Vietnam War casualty from a bombing that
occurred in Saigon March 30, 1965.
According to the article, “The CIA director revealed only a
few details about the 21-year-old woman, a secretary among spies. In the
agency’s annual memorial service for employees killed on the job, then-Director
Leon E. Panetta announced that a new name had been inscribed with calligraphy
inside the CIA’s
Book of Honor: Barbara Annette Robbins, who had volunteered to go to Saigon
during the Vietnam War…
[…]
The story of Ms. Robbins is compelling and evocative. Yet
for me, what I found particularly haunting was the black
and white picture of a very young American, in a far-off land, defending
our freedoms, staring right at us.
The Tentacle Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Reflections on
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'Skip' Amass leads the charge for Westminster's 145th
Memorial Day observance
Keeping the focus on community, service ... and good weather
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Not long after the sun comes up on Memorial Day, and hours before Westminster's 145th
Memorial Day parade kicks off at 9:30 a.m., Arnold "Skip" Amass will
be on site, helping set up the TV cameras and tying up last-minute loose ends.
Most of all, he'll be praying for good weather during an
event that he's been busy planning almost from the moment that last year's
144th Memorial Day parade wrapped up.
"To give you some idea of the scope of this project,
the committee that's working on this with me has about 145 people on it,"
said Amass, who for the past 15 years has also been the voice of the parade,
providing commentary for Carroll County's public access TV channel
19's live coverage of the event.
This is the first year he's taken on the far more demanding
role of principal coordinator.
"The people on the committee, who meet at the American Legion, represent just about every organization
and every government in the county, including the library, the farm museum, the
police departments," said Amass, 80, himself a Korean War veteran and long-time member of
Westminster's Carroll Post 31 American Legion Post… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/ph-ce-skip-amass-0604-20120523,0,1578592,full.story
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Florida Keys Net - Weekly Newsletter: Jobs, fishing, scams and more
- Another finalist to be Key West's next city manager has dropped out of the running, further winnowing options the City Commission has when it chooses a manager June 4.
- A Big Torch Key resident who invested in three business deals that turned out to be frauds lost $141,787 to a middleman with a shady past, says a Monroe County arrest warrant.
My opinion is that the grouper closure may have done us some good. The black groupers we have been catching and keeping have been extremely healthy looking to me and slightly larger overall.
The reef and wrecks are offering up a bounty of fun fishing with tasty rewards these days.
As the mutton snapper are spawning, the bite on the wrecks is outstanding, with lots of fish in the 10- to 15-pound class. There are also medium-size amberjack and jack crevalle to pull on between mutton bites.
T’was the week before Memorial Day weekend and all through the Keys, Captains were catching and clients were pleased. This month the bite is turning out to be red hot both offshore and inshore!
Question: Several years back, I bought a business that looked too good to be true. Turns out, it was. Due to a lot of issues, I lost the business and am out a bundle of money. If that weren't bad enough, now I can't find a job.- For a listing of home and condo sales in the Florida Keys for the period May 13 through May 19, click here:
- Florida's jobless rate in April fell to 8.7 percent as the state continued an employment rebound that began 11 months ago, the Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday. But April's drop was also affected by the fact that nearly 28,000 job seekers dropped out of the hunt.
Florida Keys Net - Weekly Newsletter: Jobs, fishing, scams and more
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