Virginia Memorial Quilt Project

2007 Celebration of the Life of a Virginia Soldier

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Dr. Nick Elam and wife Debbie - Chairperson of VMQP

Dick Linn, father of Karl Linn

Examples of Quilts Members of the Battlefield VFW Post 9808 Color Guard Estelle Davis - Vice Chairperson and Debbie Elam - Chairperson
Dr. Nick Elam, Speaker and husband of Debbie Elam, Chairperson Michael Berkley, Musician; Mike Edwards, Volunteer and James Sclater, Master of Ceremony Evelyn And Jaclyn Tolbert, Volunteers Of The Virginia Memorial Quilt Project Debra Jacobs, Quilter, Brooke Nyren, And Courtney Nyren (Daughter And Former Wife Of Nathan John Nyren) Bronze Bust Statue Of Ryan Howard Brought To The Celebration By His Brother, Alan Howard, Program Manager Of Operation Never Forget
Bruce Biggs, Patriot Guard Captain And Debbie Elam, Chairman Of VMQP Major General Mitchell Stevenson, Guest Speaker
Base Commander Of Ft. Lee Army Base In Virginia
Battlefield VFW Post 9808 Color Guard Presenting Colors Battlefield VFW Post 9808 Color Guard Posting Colors Michael Berkley, Musician
Guest Speaker Darrell Bowling, Father Of Jonathan Bowling Alan Howard, Brother of Ryan Howard and Program Manager of Operation Never Forget Major General Stevenson, Julia Jutras and boys, with Debbie Elam - Chairperson Children of Fallen Soldiers Lead Pledge of Allegiance
 
Debbie Elam, Chairperson, conversing with Julia Jutras
 
MG Stevenson and his wife, Nancy, eating lunch at the head table with Debra Jacobs and Nick Elam
 
Families and volunteers enjoying a delicious lunch
 
Brooke Nyren and her junior escort
 
Dick Linn; Debbie Elam, Chairperson; and Alan Howard of Operation Never Forget
 
 

    


Program

VIRGINIA MEMORIAL QUILT PROJECT
Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 12:00 noon
Battlefield VFW Post 9808 - Mechanicsville, Virginia

Dedication (.DOC)

Call to Order by James Sclater, Midlothian, Virginia

Welcome by Debbie Elam, Chairman of Virginia Memorial Quilt Project

Story of Taps (.DOC)

Major General Mitchell H. Stevenson,
(.DOC) Base Commander of Ft. Lee

Posting of the Colors by VFW Post 9808 Color Guard

Pledge of Allegiance
Children please take flag from your table, come to the podium and lead Adults in the Pledge

Invocation by Frances Palmer of Victoria, Virginia

In This Very Room
(.DOC) by Michael Berkley of Midlothian, Virginia

Blessing of Food by Karen Lacy, Friend of VFW Post 9808

Debra Jacobs, Mechanicsville, Virginia

Dick Linn, Midlothian, Virginia

Darrell Bowling, Martinsville, Virginia

Alan Howard, Covington, Virginia

Musical Selections by Michael Berkley of Midlothian, Virginia

Nick Elam, Powhatan, Virginia

Closing Remarks by Debbie Elam

Dessert Served and Informal Visitation Time

Comments (.DOC)

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