VFW Post 2667

Post Winner* Miss Casey McCully Soaring Eagles Co-Op Runner-Up* Miss Sarah Mitchell Newnan High School 3rd Place Miss Kiren Ali Woodward Academy * Entry submitted to the District 4 Voice of Democracy competition. As part of a new program this year, Miss McCully, as the Post Voice of Democracy winner, was invited to lead the Pledge of Allegiance during the Newnan Memorial Day ceremony. Miss McCully placed first in the District 4 Voice of Democracy competition and her entry was forwarded to the Department contest. Miss Mitchell's audio essay placed second in the District 4 competition.

Commander Jeff Carroll Sr. Vice Commander John O'Connor Jr. Vice Commander Brad Swentor Quartermaster John Skinner Adjutant Dick Stender Chaplain Willie Boyd Trustee: 3-Year Ron Freese Trustee: 2-Year Bobby Hammond Trustee: 1-Year Dick Dennis Service Officer Joe Smith

Newnan's Post 2667 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will once again conduct the community ceremony for Memorial Day on Monday, May 26, at 11:00 AM, at Veterans Memorial Plaza, on Jackson Street. For nearly 50 years, the post has sponsored Memorial Day activities for Newnan-Coweta citizens. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremonies will be held in the McKoon Funeral Chapel. This year, in keeping with the theme, "Honor All By Remembering One," the ceremonies will seek to remember the life of Robert Earl Beers, the youngest son of one of Newnan’s old families. Known during the late thirties as the "Newnan Flash," Bobby Beers was an outstanding high school athlete and a football standout at Georgia Tech. While short of stature, at just five feet 8 inches and weighing no more than 155 pounds, "Little Bobby Beers" captured local headlines with his prowess on the gridiron and received national recognition for his exploits in games against perennially

Loyalty Day originally began as "Americanization Day" in 1921 as a counter to the Communists' May 1 celebration of the Russian Revolution. On May 1, 1930, 10,000 VFW members staged a rally at New York's Union Square to promote patriotism. Through a resolution adopted in 1949, May 1 evolved into Loyalty Day. Observances began in 1950 on April 28 and climaxed May 1 when more than five million people across the nation held rallies. In New York City, more than 100,000 people rallied for America. In 1958 Congress enacted Public Law 529 proclaiming Loyalty Day a permanent fixture on the nation's calendar.