PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE: CONTACT:
1 May 2020 Doug
Mason - 546-4244
The Corvallis American Legion Post #91 and Auxiliary Unit #91 present
The 100th Annual Corvallis Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 25, 2020 starting at 10:00 a.m. on Main Street, Corvallis,
Montana
Corvallis, MT - Corvallis American Legion Post #91 and Auxiliary Unit #91 will host the
100th annual Corvallis Memorial Day Parade at 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 25, 2020. However,
this year’s parade will be a little different. Due to the toxic political
climate, Post #91 will conduct this year’s parade as they did 100 years ago. At
10:00 am the Post #91 Honor Guard will march south down street of Corvallis,
Montana. The parade will be streamed on Facebook Live for people to watch from
their homes.
At
every event, Corvallis American Legion Post #91 recites The American Legion preamble.
In those words we pledge that “we associate ourselves together for the
following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States
of America;” The post believes in the constitution and personal responsibility,
and we hope you do to.
After
the parade, at the Corvallis Cemetery at 12:00 pm Post #91 will conduct its
annual memorial ceremony. Post members will name all the veterans buried at the
cemetery dating back to the Mexican War (1848). After the cemetery ceremony,
post members will move to the Woodside Cutoff Bridge and place a wreath in the
Bitterroot River for all those who died at sea. The public is invited.
For 100 years the Bitterroot Valley has enjoyed this
rich tradition of honoring those active duty personnel and veterans who have
died. We honor all of the United States of America’s war dead -- those who died
that freedom might live.
World
War I veterans started the Corvallis Memorial Day parade after they returned
from Europe. The first parade consisted of a color guard and veterans, staging
in the alley to the west of Main Street. 100 years ago, the first annual
Corvallis Memorial Day Parade started south down a dirt Main Street.
Memorial
Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who
have died in our nation’s service. The holiday was first proclaimed on May 5,
1868 by General John Logan and was observed on May 30, 1868 when flowers were
placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers. Until World War I many
people in the South refused to acknowledge Decoration Day. Memorial Day is now
celebrated on the last Monday in May.
For more information call Doug Mason at 546-4244, or
email corvallispost91@gmail.com.
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