JUNIATA COUNTY VETERANS COUNCIL AND THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 298 WILL HOLD MEMORIAL DAY PARADES AND CEREMONIES FOR 2017.
The Juniata County Veterans Council Memorial day parade will be held on Monday, May 29th,2017. For the Port Royal ceremony, participants will form up at the Port Royal Community building at 8:30 a.m. and the Mifflintown parade at the American Legion Post 298 at 10:30 a.m.. The parade in Mifflintown will start from the American Legion Post 298 and proceed to the in Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery for a Memorial Service starting at 11:00 am. A invocation will be given by Reverend Albert Gray of Corner Stone Church in Mifflintown and a list of all the Juniata County departed veterans, since Memorial Day 2016, will be read. All Veterans are asked to attend the parade in uniform. Please advise if transportation is needed. Water will be provided for parade marchers during the parade.
For additional information please call:
Clarence Allen, Commander, American Legion Post 298 at:
717 994 8735
Also, on Wednesday April 19th the regular scheduled Veterans Council meeting will be held at 7:00PM at the Crawford-Brubaker V F W Post 5863 and on May 17th at 7:00 at American Legion Post 298, both in Mifflintown. Veterans are encouraged to visit these meetings. Membership in the above service organisations is NOT required.
The Juniata County Veterans Council Memorial day parade will be held on Monday, May 29th,2017. For the Port Royal ceremony, participants will form up at the Port Royal Community building at 8:30 a.m. and the Mifflintown parade at the American Legion Post 298 at 10:30 a.m.. The parade in Mifflintown will start from the American Legion Post 298 and proceed to the in Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery for a Memorial Service starting at 11:00 am. A invocation will be given by Reverend Albert Gray of Corner Stone Church in Mifflintown and a list of all the Juniata County departed veterans, since Memorial Day 2016, will be read. All Veterans are asked to attend the parade in uniform. Please advise if transportation is needed. Water will be provided for parade marchers during the parade.
For additional information please call:
Clarence Allen, Commander, American Legion Post 298 at:
717 994 8735
Also, on Wednesday April 19th the regular scheduled Veterans Council meeting will be held at 7:00PM at the Crawford-Brubaker V F W Post 5863 and on May 17th at 7:00 at American Legion Post 298, both in Mifflintown. Veterans are encouraged to visit these meetings. Membership in the above service organisations is NOT required.