The City
of Coral Springs and Coral Springs Cadet Squadron Memorial Day
Commemoration-Monday
29-MAY-2006
By 1st Lt. Mitch Drucker
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Presenting the Colors |
Placing of the Wreath |
Cadets and Senior Members from the Coral Springs Cadet Squadron continued their
close community partnership with The City of Coral Springs during the Memorial
Day commemoration ceremony which was held at Veterans Park on Monday
29-MAY-2006. 1st Lt. Joan Fedun proudly sang our National Anthem. C/2nd Lt.
Mathew DiLeonardo played taps, while members of the Squadron presented the
colors and assisted in the placing of the wreath.
The featured speaker at the commemoration was Roy H. Anderson, Commander, Coral
Springs American Legion Post #178 who enlisted in the US Navy on December 31,
1942 at the age of 17. Roy proudly announced to the crowd that the future home
of the Coral Springs American Legion Post 178 would proudly share their new
planned Legion Hall at Veterans Park with Coral Springs Cadet Squadron.
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit
organization with almost
60,000 volunteer members nationwide. It performs 95% of continental U.S. inland
search and
rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center.
Volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counter drug
missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members take a
leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to the almost 25,000
young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been
performing missions for America for more than 60 years. For more information
please see www.flwg.cap.gov and
www.cap.gov .
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1LT Joan Fedun singing the National
Anthem |
Civil Air
Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit
organization with almost 60,000 volunteer members nationwide. It performs 95% of
continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force
Rescue Coordination Center. Volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster
relief and counterdrug missions at the request of federal, state and local
agencies. The members take a leading role in aerospace education and serve as
mentors to the almost 25,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet
programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for more than 60 years.
For more information please see
www.flwg.cap.gov and
www.cap.gov
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