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Flag Day parade in Ocean Shores
You don’t see a whole lot of Flag Day parades anymore these days. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find half a dozen people who even know what Flag Day is. For those still wondering, Flag Day is a United States commemorative day (not yet an official holiday) that falls every year on June 14, … Continue reading
Categories: Family, History, Pacific Ocean, Western Washington
Tags: Chance A La Mer, Continental Army, Declaration of Independence, Eagles, Elks, Fairfield, Flag Day, Lions, Ocean Shores, Parade, Parker, Point Brown Avenue, ProudEbel, Revolutionary War, The Cossacks, United States Army, Walt Ebel, Woodrow Wilson
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A subtle armed forces memorial in Tumwater
Boy, do a little research and it’s amazing what you might learn. Nearly every day, I drive past the Odd Fellows Memorial Park at the corner of Custer, North and Cleveland (Yelm Highway) in Tumwater. Most people know it as “The Pellegrino’s intersection” or the “Artistry in Flowers” corner, or “the one right by Baskin-Robbins, … Continue reading
Categories: Western Washington
Tags: Baltimore, Colfax, David Shelton, Eagles, Elks, England, Fort Eaton, Frances Shelton, Hammersley Inlet, Holy Bible, Indian War of 1856, James McAllister, Lions, Manchester Unity, Maryland, Masonic Lodge, Masonic Memorial Park, McAllister Creek, McAllister Springs, Native Americans, Nisqually Valley, North America, Odd Fellows, Odd Fellows Memorial Park, Puget Sound, Pullman, Rebekah Degree, Schuyler Colfax, Shelton, Spanish War, Thomas Wildey, Three Link Fraternity, Tumwater, U.S. Armed Forces, United States, Willamette Meridian, WWII, Yelm Highway
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