What: Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade
When: Monday, May 27th – Parade begins at Solvay Library at 9:00 and continues down Woods Road into our Veteran’s Memorial Park. The ceremony will begin at 10:00.
Where: Veterans Memorial Park, 1000 Woods Road, Solvay
In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved indoors to the Solvay-Geddes Community Youth Center, 1010 Woods Road
Hosted by: Town of Geddes, Village of Solvay, Solvay-Geddes Veterans and Stanley B. Pennock VFW Post
The event committee makes an invitation to schools, civic groups and anyone in the larger community:
You’re welcome to take part, in the parade and then, at 10 a.m., when local veterans offer their annual reading of names at the Woods Road memorial. The ceremony is built around honoring any person from Solvay or Geddes who died in the service of their nation.
They were ordinary teenagers who, when called upon, achieved extraordinary success. Their stories include entering service with lifelong friends who during their first combat engagement were killed, one was a hero who secured the Bridge at Remagen before being taken P.O.W. by the Germans and has shared his story of his escape, recipients of multiple Bronze Stars, a U.S. Marine bomb disposal specialist that cleared former Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, an individual that landed at Normandy and has 4battle stars on his European Campaign Medal, and numerous other examples of serving with honor, courage, and valor.
All are invited and encouraged to attend this free community event.
Solvay-Geddes Veterans Inc. is one of the oldest Veterans organizations in Onondaga County, having been established in 1945 as The Town of Geddes Veterans of World War II. It’s members have served in every armed conflict from WWII through Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan as well as Cold War and Homeland Defense Operations from the Berlin Airlift through Defense of Liberty and Operation Noble Eagle.
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