Memorial Day, Houston: Let Their Sacrifices Be Counted

[CitySky]

I'll be helping out Monday afternoon (during the service) and Tuesday morning 6am-8am (replanting the flags). Here's the full press release:

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Let Their Sacrifices Be Counted!
A MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE 2005
FOR U.S. SERVICEMEN KILLED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

The San Jacinto Democratic Veterans Brigade (SJDVB) has obtained permission from the City of Houston to hold a Memorial Day service (30 May) in Sam Houston Park (Downtown Houston) to honor our fallen servicemen in the ongoing Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. The service, which will take approximately 5 hours, will consist of reading the names of each fallen soldier as a small American flag (6”x 9”) bearing the casualty’s name, unit, and home state is placed in the ground. A small Texas flag will be included for those lost from Texas. Counting both conflicts, there are currently over 1700 US servicemen killed. The flags will be arranged in formation, similar to the graves in the Arlington and the Houston National Cemeteries . The display will be reinstalled on 31 May so citizens in downtown Houston can visit.

Help is needed now to place nametags on the flags and on Saturday afternoon, May 29th, to mark and prepare locations for the flags. On Memorial Day, volunteers will be needed during the ceremony to help read names and place flags. On Tuesday, May 31st, help is needed to reinstall the flags before 8:00 am, to be honor guards, and then remove the flags after 6:00 pm.

For more information or to volunteer to help, contact Jim Rine at [e-mail]. Jim can also use help in the construction of the flags, if you can’t help out on Memorial Day.

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Peace!

-CitySky

[sonias]

1. Good luck to you CitySky and the SJDVB

Thank them for their service and please give us a report of the event.

Sonia

[WestHoustonDem]

2. We need volunteers to label the flags Thursday night

6pm at HCDP. Maybe we can have a mini-meetup after

[PDittie]

3. We'll be out of town from Thurs. through Mon.

I'm sorry we're missing this event. Please take some pictures.

[CitySky]

4. I'll be out of town too

Saw the post on houstondemocrats AFTER I posted the above. sorry I won't be able to help out Thursday.