Through a grant awared by the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain the Support Our Survivors of Iwo Jima present the Flag Day Open House at the Iwo Jima Memorial on the New Britain/Newington town line.
There were presentations by Gary Roy about how, why and by whom the Memorial was built:
Also, Author Kerry Hotaling talked about a book he wrote about his father, E. Gage Hotaling who was a Navy Chaplain on Iwo Jima and is featured on the monuments, Author Aaron Elson talked about the many WWII Vets he interviewed for his books, Ted Aub described the Missing Man Table and our POW/MIA's, and Author Janet Barrett talked about her book "They Called Her Reckless"
There were displays to view by the Patriot Guard Riders, posters and life stories of the 100 Connecticut KIA who served in the battle of Iwo Jima and a huge display of military memorabilia by Support Our Survivors of Iwo Jima, and Event And Heroes photos by Jill Vaillancourt and they played WWII era music and served refreshments in the Skuttlebutt Canteen.
Coming Soon Will Be A Link To See Videos Of All The Presentations!
