| American Legion Post 305, Caledonia, Mi. 9546 Cherry Valley Telephone Number 616-891-1882 |
| Memorial Day is a day to remember those that are no longer with us who served our country, our community and the world in the name of freedom for all. These are just a few of our Post memorials to keep us reminded all year long. |
| Memorial Day 2009 |
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| The parade begins with Colors, Firing Squad, our speakers, The Sons, and the Ladies Auxiliary. |
| The Boy Scouts, Our Fire & Rescue Dept., The Junior High Band, The Cub Scouts and The Senior Band. |
| Glen Klaver gave opening statement and introduced the following, Jerry Gore with opening Prayer, The demonstration & meaning of each fold of the US flag by Randy Phillips JR, Chet Teater, Ed Harmon & Bill White, and State Senator Hon. Mark Jansen gave the main address. |
| The Pipers, Dorothy Wilson & Roger Billings play Amazing Grace and Rev. Merle Buwalda gives the closing prayer. |
| The Auxiliary put on a fabulous meal after the ceremonies for all that took part in the days events. |
| A big Thank You to Cindy Teater for these fine pictures! |
| Also a Big Thank You to US Golf Cars for their donation of Golf Cars for all our parades |
| Memorial Day morning began at the Post with breakfast for all those groups that participated in the days events.Thanks goes out to the folks that came in early in the morning to get breakfast prepared and get our portable PA system together. |
| John Jones and Bill Neil PA Specialists |
| Joe Baumgartner, Mike Whipple and Dick Sheler, The Cooks |
| We had a few antique cars in the parade with first being driven by Bob Roelofs and riding with him Bill Lysdahl, both members of Post 305. |
| Thank you to members Phil and Pete Datema for their construction of the stage they built for the speakers. |
| The troops enjoying a fine breakfast before starting out for the first cemetery in Alaska. |
| The troops arrive at the Alaska cemetery as the crowd gathers |
| Blaine cemetery was the second of the day. |
| Dutton cemetery was the third stop. |
| The Legion and SAL troops on the bus between cemeteries. |
| The final stop is Caledonia and on to Lakeview Cemetery. Several views of inside the parade. |
| The Ceremony at Holy Corners |
| One of our honored guests, Cpl. Josh Hoffman and his fiancée Heather Lovell. |
| At Lakeside Cemetery the Auxiliary, Firing Squad and Colors stand ready for the opening ceremonies. |
| Sargent at Arms Bill White lays a wreath on the memorial in remembrance. Buff Rodgers gives a military prayer followed by Doc John Connelly singing the national anthem accompanied by the Caledonia School Bands. The Firing Squad were given the command to "Salute the Dead" and "Taps" were played following the firing of the rifles. Glen Klaver thanked everyone for their participation and concluded the program. |
| As with every Memorial Day the Auxiliary has their annual "Poppy" poster contest with Caledonia Schools. Pictured below are the submissions in this years contest. |