Message-ID: <009b01c8a622$305ded60$dadb9e04@YOUR0D330DFBAF> From: "Lisa/Bill Lickel" <lickels@netzero.com> Subject: Memorial Day Event Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:45:13 -0500
From the Farmington Historical Society, Inc.
Please Join Us
Pay tribute to Wisconsin's fallen soldiers in six wars through a moving
multi-media presentation on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2008 at
Washington County's Fillmore Turner Hall.
Hear in their own words the experiences of ordinary citizen soldiers
sent to defend our country's honor on foreign fields.
They Should Not Be Forgotten
Memorial Day, May 26, 2008, Noon
Fillmore Turner Hall, County Highway H, east of State Road 144
Family activities and refreshments after the program by the Turner
Athletic Club
From the
Civil War - Wilhelm Ramthun, Kewaskum
World War I - Lee F Pickett, Marathon County
World War II - Gordon Petersen, Milwaukee
Korea - Francis B Spaeth, Monroe
Vietnam - George Joseph Carr, New Berlin
Iraq - Rachel K Bosveld, Waupun
SIX WARS, SIX LETTERS, MULTIMEDIA, AND AN OLD TRADITION
The Farmington Historical Society, Inc. pays tribute with the public to
Wisconsin's fallen soldiers in a unique manner on Memorial Day, 2008. At
a very special ceremony you will hear words from our state's men and
women who fought in six different wars. They are the words of everyday,
ordinary citizen soldiers.words sent home in letters. These letters
expressed their feelings, their concerns for home and family, and their
plans for the future. The letters are especially moving because they are
from those who did not return home alive after the war.
A multimedia presentation of war photographs and music accompanies the
readings.
Navy Recruiter Scott Turiff will present uniforms on display.
The ceremony concludes with a salute of homage to our soldiers in the
cemetery that is adjacent to Turner Hall. Those in attendance will be
invited to place a flower on the final resting place of a veteran, a
long-standing tradition in the town of Farmington.
Program developer: Ellen Kesting, 262-692-2659
Farmington Historical Society, Inc. contact: Lisa Lickel, 262-692-2135
Our thanks to FreeQuincy Radio Theater, Jeff Wolf,
freequincyradio.podOmatic.com, for sound mixing