• About Us
    • Home Page
    • Contact Us
    • Agendas & Minutes
    • Awards Chapter 528
    • By-Laws, Forms, & Documents
    • Fallen Heroes of Plym. & Canton
    • History of Chapter 528
    • *Homefront Newsletters
    • Our Web Pages
    • *Our Service Photos (1964-1975)
    • Our Videos & Slideshows
  • About Us 2
    • 20th Anniversary of 528
    • 528 Member's Stories From Nam
    • 528 Product Sales
    • AVVA Chapter 528
    • Display Cases
    • Kokomo Vietnam Veterans Reunion
    • Members of the Year
    • Memories of Vietnam
    • Recent Photos of Nam
    • Sportsmen's Raffle 528 2015
    • Washington D.C. Trip April 2015
  • Activities
    • Adopt-A-Road Pick-Up
    • Agent Orange
    • Buddy Poppy Days
    • Chapter 528 Christmas Party
    • Chapter 528 Picnic
    • Cruz'n 528
    • Main Street Auto Wash
    • Salvation Army Bell Ringing
    • VA Hospital Christmas Party
    • Veterans Night at Comerica Park
    • 303rd Military Police
    • 716th Military Police
  • Community
    • 528 Travel Site
    • Burger School of Autism
    • Car Show For Vets
    • Cell Phones 4 Soldiers
    • Charity Motors
    • Essay Scholarship Contest 528
    • Friday Fish Fry (Lent)
    • Plymouth Fall Festival
    • Plymouth Fall Festival 1993
    • Post 6695
    • Post Clean-Up
    • Wayne County Fishing Derby
    • Winter Clothing Drive
  • Events-Calendars
    • 528 Monthly Calendar
    • Site Index
    • Yearly Chapter Events & Photos
  • Memorials
    • Canton Veterans Memorial
    • Flag Day Independence Village
    • Flag Retirement Ceremony
    • *In Memoriam Chapter 528
    • Michigan POW/MIA Recognition Day
    • Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
    • Plymouth Memorial
    • Remembrance Run
    • Ride From Hell to Cornell's
    • Run To The North Wall (Canada)
    • The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall
    • Titus Hoisington Memorial
    • Veterans Day Ceremonies
  • Links
    • *All Links for Members with high-speed connection
    • *All Links for Members without high-speed connection
  • Leadership
    • 528 Elected Officials
    • AVVA Representative
    • Board Member's Emails & Photos
    • Committee Chair's Emails & Photos
    • Executive Officer's Emails & Photos
    • Michigan State Council Report
    • Michigan State VVA Convention
    • VVA National Convention 2013 Jacksonville, FL
    • VVA Nat. Convention 2011 Reno, NV
    • VVA Nat. Convention 2009 Louisville, KY
    • VVA Nat. Leadership Conference 2010
    • Past Presidents of Chapter 528
  • Parades
    • Color Guard & Honor Guard - Chapter 528
    • Independence Day Parade
    • Memorial Day Parade
    • Salem Flag Day Parade
    • Wayne-Westland Parade
    • Veterans Day Honor Guard

 

      "Never Again Will One Generation Of Veterans Abandon Another"

        Email Bob

        Email Rick

      Memorial Day 2009   Memorial Day 2010   Memorial Day 2011   Memorial Day 2012   Memorial Day 2013

    Photo courtesy of Mikey Smith

    Photos courtesy of Patrick Doherty


    Photos courtesy of Bryan Bentley, AVVA Representative

    Pictures of the F-150 truck provided by member John Zieleski

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

    Photos below courtesy of Gary "Bear" Kubik

       

       

       

       

    VVA Chapter 528 marches with pride during this annual event. Marching behind our honored Color Guard many members every year enjoy the applause and saluting to our Flag. Being honored by the crowd sure has helped our members who when we came home never were welcomed. Chapter 528 also takes part in Marching to other local parades as well as Veteran Events. A big special thank you goes to Janice Spittler who took the following photos of our Color Guard and the Memorial Day Ceremony.

    The Meaning of Memorial Day

    By Claudine Zap

    Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May (this year it's May 30), honors the war dead. Unofficially, the day honors the start of summer. (More on that in a moment.) The upcoming three-day weekend has prompted searches on Yahoo! for "when is memorial day," "what is memorial day," and "memorial day history." The day was originally known as "Decoration Day" because the day was dedicated to the Civil War dead, when mourners would decorate gravesites as a remembrance. The holiday was first widely observed on May 30, 1868, when 5,000 people helped decorate the gravesites of 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Some parts of the South still remember members of the Confederate Army with Confederate Memorial Day.) After World War I, the observances were widened to honor the fallen from all American wars--and in 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday. Towns across the country now honor military personnel with services, parades, and fireworks. A national moment of remembrance takes place at 3 p.m. At Arlington National Cemetery, headstones are graced with small American flags. This day is not to be confused with Veterans Day, which is observed on November 11 to honor military veterans, both alive and dead. However, confusion abounds anyway, with the weekend marking for many the kickoff of summer, and it is reserved for weekend getaways, picnics, and sales.


    VVA 528 Monthly Calendar

    Facebook Digg Tweet

             

    Contact Us | Our 100 Web Pages | Site Index | Links

    Copyright © 2007, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 528. All rights reserved.