DAV Chapter 14, Texas

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Happy birthday 🎂🎊🎉🎁🎈 to the most beautiful wonderful woman, mom, sister, grandmother, great grandmother,aunt and wife I love you 💕 happy birthday 🎂 Ronna

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SUPPORTING CAREGIVERS: Caregiving can take an emotional toll. Learn how DAV Caregivers Support can improve the quality of life for both caregivers and care receivers. Click here to read the article from the latest issue of DAV Magazine: https://dav.la/3XZtPUw.

A s the American Civil War came to an end in 1865, communities across the U.S. honored fallen soldiers through local ceremonies at burial sites. On May 30, 1868, the first national ceremony of this kind took place on a day that would come to be known as Memorial Day — though at the time, it was called “Decoration Day.”
A few weeks before the ceremony, John Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Union veterans organization, issued a proclamation urging Americans to decorate Civil War soldiers’ graves with springtime’s “choicest” blooms. Logan stated that the May 30 commemoration would be “designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country.” About 5,000 people gathered at Arlington National Cemetery for the first official Decoration Day observance. Along with flowers, each grave was adorned with a small American flag.
By the end of the 19th century, Decoration Day ceremonies were taking place on May 30 throughout the country. The name had started to evolve by this time, too; people began using the term “Memorial Day” instead. That moniker, however, didn’t become common until after World War II, and Congress didn’t make the name change official until 1967. A year later, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, declaring that certain federal holidays would be observed on Mondays, including Memorial Day, which was to be commemorated annually on the last Monday in May. Today, the holiday honors all Americans who have died in military service.

Please keep Dan Butler, Treasurer, DAV Chapter 14 in your prayers. His younger brother passed away yesterday.

DAV Chapter 14 Raffle Ticket Sales, Saturday and Sunday, April 13 & 14 at Walmart on FM 1560 and Shaenfield come on out buy tickets and support DAV chapter 14 support our fellow veterans
$10:00 Per Ticket
First Prize: Oklahoma Joe’s Gas & Smoker Second Prize: 75 inches Smart TV Third Prize: $250.00 HEB Gift Card Winners: Do not Need To Be Present to Win
Drawing: Saturday April 20, 2024 at the VFW Post 7108 located at
8795 FM1560. Helotes, Texas
Raffle Tickets Points of Contact
Lou Corbitt 210 885-1237 Luis Reyna 210 255-7817 Bob Dillon 512 799-604
Vice Commanding Corbitt

Had a great turnout at Fish City grill for DAV Chapter 14. Special shout out to Felix Gonzalez Vice Commander of the Purple Heart Chapter 1836 and their support. Veterans groups supporting each other. Thank you
Lou Corbitt
Senior Vice Commander
DAV Chapter 14