The Williamsport Grange #1815 has announced they will be accepting applications for the 2023 Hometown Hero Veteran Banner Project for Morrow County.
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MOUNT GILEAD — The Williamsport Grange #1815 has announced they will be accepting applications for the 2023 Hometown Hero Veteran Banner Project for Morrow County. This is a continuation of the project first announced in 2019. The banners are designed to pay tribute to the county’s many veterans.
Applications will be accepted in person only on Saturday, April 15th from 10:30 am to Noon, while supplies last, at the Williamsport Grange #1815 Hall (Congress Township Hall), 6251 County Road 20, Mount Gilead. Applications will be supplied at the event. They will also be made available in the next few days by downloading an application from the Village of Mount Gilead website, the Williamsport Grange #1815 Facebook Page or you can obtain a paper copy at the Veteran Services Office in Mount Gilead. Please do NOT mail these to us as they will ONLY be accepted on April 15th at the in-person registration event.
This will be a Drive-Thru registration event. Sponsors will remain in their cars and volunteers will come to your car for the application. This is a First Come, First Served basis. Please do not arrive at the Grange Hall before 10:00 am as volunteers will not start accepting applications until 10:30 am.
“Barring any unforeseen issues, the 2023 Veteran Banners will hang along Main Street and High Street in Mount Gilead in time for the July 4th holiday,” said President Donna Carver, “They will remain hanging until after Veterans Day in November. The banners will then be cleaned and stored by the Grange and a date set in the spring for sponsors to pick up their banner to take home.”
The cost of the brackets to hang the banners was covered by a generous donation in 2019 from the Bonecutter Family Trust with additional donations from Attorney Andrew Wick, Grange President Donna Carver and MCJVC Commander Bruce Fissell.
Sponsors can purchase banners to honor veterans who have served in our country’s armed forces. The banners will be two feet wide by four feet long and made of a sturdy vinyl material. Sponsors may nominate veterans who meet the following criteria: The veteran must be honorably discharged, or deceased, must be a graduate of OR have attended a Morrow County High School, OR the Veteran is/was a Morrow County Resident. We will allow applications for Active-Duty military this year.
Anyone interested in buying a banner must attend the sign-up day on April 15th and be able to supply the following information:
• The correct spelling of the veteran’s name.
• The veteran’s branch of service.
• When the veteran served (what war, or if during peace time, what years.)
• A quality hard copy on photo paper of the uniformed veteran. 4 x 6 or 5 x 7 works best.
• The sponsor payment is $48. We can accept cash or checks made payable to the Williamsport Grange #1815. Craig Alguire from Photorama Studios will have the ability to accept Credit Cards at the event.
Photos will not be returned to the sponsor. They will be kept and archived by the Williamsport Grange #1815. We do not need any verification of service records.
If you have any questions about the Hometown Heroes Veterans Banner Project, please call Williamsport Grange President Donna Carver at 419-560-8100.
