[StBernard] Nationwide flag raising tour will stop in Chalmette

Westley Annis westley at da-parish.com
Thu Feb 7 10:08:36 EST 2008


Nationwide flag raising tour will stop in Chalmette

>From staff reports


The Chalmette Battlefield, site of the Battle of New Orleans on Jan. 8,
1815, will be one of the stops for the nationwide "Old Glory's Journey of
Remembrance" tour this year.
The nationwide flag raising effort that began on National Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day, Dec. 7, 2007, will culminate at the U.S. Capitol on
Memorial Day, May 26.

Chalmette's Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve will host the
tour on Feb. 18. The tour stopped at Fort Meade National Cemetery on Monday
and will be at Palo alto Battlefield in Texas next Monday.

During the six-month period, an American flag flown over the USS Arizona
Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 2007, during the Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day ceremony there, is visiting 25 national cemeteries and
historic battlefields before completing its journey during the National
Moment of Remembrance ceremony in Washington, D.C.
The Journey of Remembrance is organized by the White House Commission on
Remembrance, which has partnered with the USS Arizona Pearl Harbor Memorial
Museum to honor the service and sacrifices of America's fallen heroes and
the families they left behind.

In addition to 10 VA national and state veterans cemeteries, the flag will
be flown at historic sites such as Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the
Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania and Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

Members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, elected officials,
military service representatives, veterans and their families, veterans
cemetery representatives and other patriotic organizations are participating
in the flag-raising ceremonies.


For more information on Old Glory's Journey of Remembrance, go to
http://www.remember.gov/




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