{"id":68375,"date":"2016-05-12T15:40:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T19:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=68375"},"modified":"2016-05-11T19:49:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T23:49:46","slug":"caz-legion-announces-memorial-day-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=68375","title":{"rendered":"Caz Legion announces Memorial Day plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Memorial-Day\"<\/a>The Commander of the Cazenovia American Legion Post 88, Richard Benner, calls\u00a0the community to come to Memorial Park on Albany St., Cazenovia, on Monday,\u00a0May 30, to participate in the observance of Memorial Day. It is here that\u00a0solemn ceremonies will be held, speeches given, wreaths laid, rifle salutes, and taps\u00a0played to honor those who have given their lives in the service to our country.<\/p>\n

The Legion\u2019s color guard will step off the parade to Memorial Park from the corner\u00a0of Emory Ave. and Forman St. in front of the High School at 10:30 AM rain or shine.<\/p>\n

Parade groups should start lining up at 10 a.m. Those organizations wishing to\u00a0march in the parade should contact the parade coordinators Kevin Markowski (662-7510) or John Haynes (815-4168) for information. Due to the solemn nature of\u00a0Memorial Day, the Legion asks that there be no commercial or political activity in\u00a0this parade and no candy thrown.<\/p>\n

All veterans are welcome and encouraged to march. Vehicles will be available for\u00a0those veterans who feel the long walk would be too strenuous. Veterans needing\u00a0transportation to the parade and\/or needing a ride in the parade should call Gene\u00a0Gissin (655-2224) or John Colligan (655-2233) to make arrangements.<\/p>\n

The parade will rest at Memorial Park at 11 a.m. where Post 88 Commander Richard Benner will be the Master of Ceremonies. Joining him for a Chaplain\u2019s\u00a0moment of prayer and reflection will be Post 88\u2019s Chaplain Al Keilen.<\/p>\n

Our guest speaker will be Colonel Emil J. Filkorn who is the Commander, 224 Air\u00a0Defense Group, New York Air National Guard. In this role, he serves as the Vice\u00a0Commander of the Eastern Air Defense Sector. The 224th ADG is deployed in place in Rome, Colonel Filkorn was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and received a Bachelor of\u00a0Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.<\/p>\n

He was commissioned May 1990 and entered the Air Force in April 1991. He has\u00a0been deployed to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia ( DESERT SHIELD, DESERT STORM,\u00a0SOUTHERN WATCH),and counterdrug operations in Colombia, Panama and the\u00a0Bahamas. He is the recipient of numerous awards and decorations and was\u00a0promoted to Colonel in April 2014. Colonel Filkorn resides with his family in\u00a0Cazenovia and is a member of The Cazenovia American Legion Post 88.<\/p>\n

After the memorial ceremony, the parade will be ordered to resume march to its\u00a0starting point. All parade participants are invited to the Cazenovia Fire House for a\u00a0light lunch after the parade.<\/p>\n

Other events for this Memorial Day will be:<\/p>\n

At noon, a memorial service will also be held by Post 88 members in the\u00a0Garden of Honor located in front of the Post 88\u2019s home at 26 Chenango St. to honor\u00a0veterans buried in all of our community cemeteries. In the past, the Legion has\u00a0rotated this service among our local cemeteries. They have inserted their Garden of\u00a0Honor into this rotation for 2016. The public is invited to attend. The Garden of\u00a0Honor is paved with named bricks to honor those living and dead who have served\u00a0our military and country. Some of those honored go as far back as the American\u00a0Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War.<\/p>\n

Graveside flags and regular flags are available at The Chamber of Commerce, 51\u00a0Albany St. 655-9243; Gissin Photography, 25 Williams St. 655-2224; and the American Legion 26 Chenango St. Graveside flags for deceased veterans will be\u00a0available at no cost to the veteran\u2019s family. To obtain your flag for South Cemetery, go to The Cazenovia Town Office and for Evergreen Cemetery please go to the Cazenovia Village Office. Graveside flags for St. James Cemetery will be handled by the American Legion.<\/p>\n

The traditional poppy will be offered by Post 88\u2019s Legion and Auxiliary members along the parade route Monday, May 30, and Saturday, May 28, before Memorial Day. Merchant locations for Saturday are Tops Market, Buyea\u2019s\u00a0and\u00a0Kinney Drugs.<\/p>\n

For those veterans who wish to participate in the 8:00 AM New Woodstock\u00a0Memorial Day parade please meet at 6:45 am at Dave\u2019s Diner for breakfast and\u00a0coordination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Commander of the Cazenovia American Legion Post 88, Richard Benner, calls\u00a0the community to come to Memorial Park on Albany St., Cazenovia, on Monday,\u00a0May 30, to participate in the observance of Memorial Day. It is here that\u00a0solemn ceremonies will be held, speeches given, wreaths laid, rifle salutes, and taps\u00a0played to honor those who have given […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8,21571],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story","category-veterans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-hMP","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Memorial-Day.jpg?fit=620%2C482&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}