AVON VFW Participating In National Day Of Prayer

AVON, CT - The Gildo T. Consolini VFW Post 3272 in Avon, Connecticut will again

participate in the annual National Day of Prayer ceremony.

This year's event is slated for Thursday, May 5 at noon in the Alsop Community Room of the Avon Free Public Library.

at 12:00 noon. The VFW’s Color Guard will provide the presentation of colors at the beginning and retirement of colors at the conclusion of the one-hour event.

The National Day of Prayer was designated by Congress in 1951 by President Harry S. Truman. In 1988 President Ronald Reagan set the permanent date to be the first Thursday in May.

This year will be the 66th annual national event and Avon’s 11th year marking the occasion. Avon’s observance will involve members of the Avon Town Council, the Avon VFW Post 3272, local clergy, and the general public.

All citizens of the Farmington Valley are invited to attend.