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POW/MIA Chair Dedication and ALL ARE WELCOME!
The Veterans Office and Medfield Selectmen invite the community to the July 7th meeting 7pm for the dedication of the POW/MIA Chair of Honor
The following was submitted by Medfield American Legion Auxilary President Michelle Doucette.
The Medfield community is invited to attend the July 7th Selectmen’s meeting (2nd floor, Town Hall, Chenery Hall) at 7pm for the Dedication of a POW/MIA Chair of Honor. Veteran Service Officer, Ron Griffin will deliver a Dedication Speech.
What is a POW/MIA Chair of Honor? The following explains it.....
“You Are Not Forgotten”
Since WWI 91,718 Servicemen remain Unaccounted for...
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A Chair of Honor is very simple yet POWERFUL, it’s a single back chair with the POW/MIA Logo on it which is then flanked by the American Flag and the POW/MIA Flag.
Along with the Chair is a plaque that states since WWI over 91 thousand servicemen remain unaccounted for. This chair is in their honor until they come home. They will not be FORGOTTEN.
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These chairs of Honor are currently in Gillette Stadium, TD Garden & Fenway Park along with over 100 cities and town spread throughout Massachusetts and now across the Country. Please contact us and find out how you to can Honor our Missing Servicemen.
The following was taken from this website - http://www.legion.org/security/212218/today-powmia-recognition-day
The American Legion is committed to achieving a full accounting of all POW/MIAs from all war eras.
This means returning living POWs, the repatriation of their remains, or finding convincing evidence of why neither is possible. Resolution No. 288, adopted at the 67th National Convention, calls for designating a POW/MIA Empty Chair at all official Legion meetings as a physical symbol of the thousands of American POW/MIAs still unaccounted for.
