Saratoga County Honors Deceased Veterans
A message from the Town Historian, Georgia Ball
Re: Deceased Veteran Program in Saratoga County
Every month Saratoga County Honors a deceased veteran. Each town in the county rotates and presents an honoree after a tenative schedule is set up by County Veterans Affairs for each year. In 2009 Northumberland was scheduled for July 21st. We had an honoree choosen but the family had prior commitments and unfortunately didn't let us know right away. We chose another veteran, just under the wire for time, but the deceased's wife took ill and that too was cancelled, leaving us short on time to find another honoree.
The Veterans Affairs committee requires the towns to submit their honoree three months prior to scheduled date so they can get the forms and order medals and prepare resolutions in the honoree's name. The town clerk also has to get a resolution passed and prepared for the county from the Town Board.
We are now asking families of deceased veterans who would like to participate in the Deceased Veterans Program with Saratoga County to submit a form, available at the town clerks office, the town historian's office or on line on our web page, ahead of the schedule, so we have a list available to choose from should, we find ourselves in a similar situation again. Your information will only be used for the Deceased Veteran Program.
This is a beautiful program that honors our deceased veterans, in a moving ceremony, that everyone involved, can be proud to take part in. Our veterans deserve our thanks and we need your help in getting the necessary forms completed and kept on file at the town clerk's office, at the ready, so that the Town of Northumberland can continue to be a participant in this worthy cause.
Thank You,
Georgia Ball, Historian for Northumberland
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