Looking for World War I re-enactors for 2018 Veterans Day Parade 

In preparation for the World War I Centennial Commemoration Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 2:00 pm, we are looking for World War 1 re-enactors to participate in the parade and on the WWI Float.  If you or someone you know is a re-enactor, please share this email with your friends and family. 

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Veterans Day Parade on November 11th at 2 pm

Thank You to the following organizations that are providing floats:  
WWII - Rotary Club-morning 
Korea - Rotary Club - noon 
Vietnam -Rotary Club - Vietnam 
Vietnam- Tea Party Club 
Women Veterans - Zonta Club 
Gulf War & Global War on Terrorism - FBG First Responders 

All-Women Veterans Honor Flight on Friday and Saturday, October 19-20, 2018 for 30 Women Veterans who served during WWII, Korea, and/or Vietnam to our Nation's Capital to see the memorials built in their honor and to attend a ceremony at the Women's Memorial.  
Order of priority to fill the 30 seats: 
1. WWII women veterans from across the state; 
2. Korea and Vietnam Era Women Veterans from Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Gillespie, Gonzales, Hays, Lee, Llano, Milam, Travis, and Williamson Counties.  
The Applications for each ERA can be found at:  http://www.honorflightaustin.org/forms/.  After you complete the application, please drop it off at the Gillespie County Veterans Service Office and VSO Tami King will scan and submit it to the Coordinator.   

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Request for Volunteers to place flags on Veterans' graves on Memorial Day week 

Before you volunteer, please make sure you can fulfill all of the dates and requirements: 

1.  Each volunteer will have 40 Veteran graves to place flags. 
2.  All graves at City Cemetery will have new heavy flag holders that require you to be able to carry 4 boxes each weighing approx. 30 lbs.  
3.  All flags must be rinsed, and if dirty, must be soaked and scrubbed clean.  
4.  Recruit family, friends and especially children to help you put out the flags.  
5.  Greenwood Cemetery:  Need 9 Volunteers and 1 Volunteer that will verify the cemetery after flags are placed.  
6.  City Cemetery:  Need 5 Volunteers and 1 Volunteer that will verify the cemetery after flags are placed.  
7. Grapetown Cemetery:  1 Volunteer 

Schedule: 
Pick up Flags from Gillespie County Veterans Service Office: TUESDAY,  May 15 between 9am - 12pm / 1 - 5 pm.  
Place Flags at the Cemetery:  WEDNESDAY, May 23 - Saturday, May 26 by NOON.  
Pick up Flags at Cemetery:  FRIDAY, June 1 or Saturday, June 2. 
Return Flags to Gillespie County Veterans Service Office: MONDAY, June 4 between 9 am - 12 pm.  

Oral History Department at Texas Tech University's Vietnam Center and Archive seeking Vietnam Veterans to participate in Oral History Project

Oral History Project Information (click here)

The Vietnam Center & Archive Information (click here)

Service Members, Veterans, and Families PEER to PEER Support Meets on 1st and 4th Tuesdays at 6:00 pm in Kerrville at the Hill Country Veterans Center: PEER to PEER Support Information (click here)

Opportunity to get your Health Care Directives and HIPPA forms on file with the VA Health system on 1st and 3rd Mondays at 10:00 a.m. in Kerrville VA Medical Center: Filing Information (click here)

Gillespie County Honor Guard meets on 2nd Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory: Honor Guard Information (click here)

Adult Volunteers Needed

The Fredericksburg High School Navy JROTC unit needs adult drivers to help the cadets put out and pickup flags on holidays.  If you can help even one holiday per year, please contact CAPT George T. Fadok, Senior Naval Science Instructor, via phone (830) 997-7551 or email georgef@fisd.org 

The dates flags are set out are:
- Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, third Monday of January
- President's Day, third Monday of February
- Armed Forces Day & Peace Officer/EMS Recognition Day, third Saturday of May
- Memorial Day, last Monday of May
- Flag Day, 14th of June
- Independence Day, 4th of July
- Gillespie County Fair Day, fourth Friday of August
- 9-11 Remembrance Day, 11th of September
- POW-MIA Day and Constitution Day, third Friday of September
- Columbus Day, second Monday of October
- Election Day, first Tuesday of November every even year
- Veteran's Day, 11th of November
- Pearl Harbor Day, 7th of December