American Legion Auxiliary Post 17/Unit 17 in Lewes hopes that each of you will take a moment in your heart for the parents, siblings, spouses and friends of those who served. We at Post 17/Unit 17 can’t help but think of all the men and women who have gone to fight for this great nation and didn’t return home. We especially pay tribute to our local veterans and their families and friends.
Memorial Day weekend is when Americans set aside time to honor those brave men and women who met tragic ends while defending our freedom. It is our duty to honor their sacrifices, to pray for their families and to bow our heads in recognition of their service.
This year, there will be two cemeteries created in Lewes, one at Post 17 and the other at the lighthouse triangle as you enter Lewes or head to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry and Cape Henlopen State Park. The banners placed with crosses and poppies in the grassy lawn will remind everyone to take a pause, bow a head and remember. Our poppy program is underway and we hope everyone will learn the “In Flanders Field” poem and share it with a child. We hope you will get your own poppy and make a donation so our programs to veterans and active military can continue. We will never forget.
National Poppy Day is Friday, May 26. Wear red, get your poppies from the past out or get a new one from us at Post 17 and come place an in memory note (provided at the post fence) in our front lawn in remembrance of any soldier you have lost.
The poppy, which bloomed on the battlefields of France and Belgium after World War I, has grown to become an internationally known and recognized symbol of the lives sacrificed in war and the hope that none died in vain.
We ask that you educate someone about the poppy first, that you take a pause on Memorial Day, face an American flag wherever you may be and place hand over heart and say with gratitude and pride, “Thank you for your service.”
-
A letter to the editor expresses a reader's opinion and, as such, is not reflective of the editorial opinions of this newspaper.
To submit a letter to the editor for publishing, send an email to newsroom@capegazette.com. Letters must be signed and include a telephone number and address for verification. Please keep letters to 500 words or fewer. We reserve the right to edit for content and length. Letters should be responsive to issues addressed in the Cape Gazette rather than content from other publications or media. Only one letter per author will be published every 30 days. Letters restating information and opinions already offered by the same author will not be used. Letters must focus on issues of general, local concern, not personalities or specific businesses.
