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City to hold POW/MIA flag raising - Friday, 9/19 - press release
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All citizens are encouraged to attend a POW/MIA flag -raising ceremony at City Hall, located at 1212 Avenue M,
to be held on Friday, September 19 at 6:45 a.m.
According to the National Leagues of POW/MIA Families Web site, the flag is raised in honor of America's
POW/MIAs, those returned and those still missing and unaccounted for from our nation's wars.
"Sometimes with all the turmoil going on in the world, especially with our military, we sometimes tend to forget
the prisoners of war and those missing in action who have served this country just as honorably as every other
veteran," City Council member Joe Rodriquez said. "The reason we raise the POW/MIA flag is to bring awareness
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to the fact that they should never be forgotten, because they are some of our bravest and greatest heroes."
The POW/MIA flag will be taken down at sunset on Sunday, September 21.
For more information, contact the City Secretary's office at (936) 291-5403.
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