Townsend Detachment members visited the Bill Nichols Veterans Home to support and recognize our oldest member, Retired Master Sergeant Thomas Davis USMC, at the homes’ monthly Birthday Party. Tommy Davis enlisted in the USN prior to WWII, he told us that he wanted to join the Marine Corps, but that just wasn’t allowed when he was ready to…
Townsend detachment members, families and friends turned out in force to honor USMC veterans grave sites on Memorial Day 2017. Over 400 USMC and American flags were placed in seven cemeteries in the greater River Region. {gallery}gallery/2017/2017-05-29-memorial-day:200:150:0:0{/gallery}
Townsend Detachment honored 21 of the 56 Vietnam Veterans and Vietnam Era Veterans who are members of the Detachment on Saturday the 20th of May, 2017. Project Officer Paul Williamson arranged to honor these Veterans with the reading of the “50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War” Proclamation and with pinning each of these veterans with the 50th Anniversary commemoration…
Townsend Detachment held a grave registration event at a local Walmart Store. Detach members met local area residents and solicited grave / cemetery site locations for honoring veterans on Memorial Day Weekend. Townsend Detachment has flagged Veterans graves for many years, currently we are flagging 7 local area cemeteries in the Greater River Region. Saturday’s event raised sufficient funds…
Townsend Detachment supported the Troy University ‘Troy for Troops’ fund raiser in Troy, Alabama. The Troy for Troops program sponsored a 5K race to benefit the National Cemetery’s, in Montevallo, fundraising efforts to build a memorial walk way and overlook. Detachment members traveled to Troy and set up a booth, to meet and greet Troy area USMC veterans, encourage…
The 2022 and 2023 National Mid-Winter Conferences…
January 2020
