Our Heroes Will Not Be Forgotten

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Our Heroes Will Not Be Forgotten
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By the end of this presentation, you will know
about

• USCG FAA history

• Capital initiatives

• National growth

• How you can help

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A Seed Is Planted
Three first class petty officers visit Arlington
National Cemetery, spring 1996the idea for USCG
FAA is born!
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Our Mission Purpose
Honoring and Respecting Their Devotion to
Dutyour Heroes Will Not Be Forgotten.
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Capital Initiatives Growth of USCG Flags
Across America
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Veterans Day 1999
Eight Coasties place 100 USCG flags on graves at
Arlington.
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Veterans Day 2000
The number triples to 22 placing 200 flags
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Veterans Day 2001
and triples again to 72! 400 USCG flags placed!
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Veterans Day 2002
a record-setting 177 attend! 800 USCG flags
placed!
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Veterans Day 2003
nearly 150 attend! 500 USCG flags placed!
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Scenes from the Third Annual USCG FAA, Nov. 10,
2001
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The Diebag boys serve as color guard.
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The Serpens memorial is visited too
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As is Iwo Jima on the USMC Birthday
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Last stop Vietnam Wall, to place seven flags for
our fallen Coastie heroes.
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Scenes from the Fourth Annual USCG FAA, Nov. 9,
2002
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at the USS Serpens Monument
We cannot undo the pastbut we can ensurethat
these men shall be respected and honored
forever. -- VADM Merlin ONeill Nov. 16, 1950
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Procession to Coast Guard Hill
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Tour of USCG graves
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Lets Go National!
January 2001
Program mushrooms quickly and now has 84 reps
in 33 states!
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Richmond, Virginia
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New Jersey Veterans Cemetery
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Buffalo, New York Area
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Ludington, Michigan
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Ketchikan, Alaska
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Coast Guard Festival 2003
A Booth is Born! Aug. 1, 2003, Grand Haven, Mich.
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Coast Guard Festival Parade 2003
Aug. 2, 2003, Grand Haven, Mich.
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Presidents Day Parade 2004
Feb. 16, 2004, Alexandria, Va.
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February 2004 Now have 84 volunteers in 33
states and the District of Columbia, plus USCG
flags now on graves in England and the
Philippines!
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Please join us in this effort to Honor Respect
Their Devotion to Duty!
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Become a USCG Flags Across America Rep in Your
Local Area!
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Summary Quote
All went well today. It was a beautiful sunny
day..in the 50s. Shed some tears, walked a bit,
thought a whole bunch as to why I was thereit
was an important reason to be there. Rows and
rows of white grave markers, and every now and
then, there was this lone CG flag. It was making
a statement, here lies a CG veteran a hero, not
forgotten, not today, not this year, not ever
again! -- BM2 Steven Kurkowski, USCGR Milwaukee,
Wisconsin Nov. 10, 2001
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http//www.uscgcpoa-dc.org/faa/index.htm
Our Heroes Will Not Be Forgotten