By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Dates have been announced for the application process for the latest round of military banners to be hung in Decatur.
The Adams County Antoine Rivarre chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution is in charge of the program which it launched for 2024.
Applications may be obtained from 2 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2, in the Decatur meeting room of the Adams County Public Library in Decatur.
Participants may return their application, photo, payment and any other required items on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2-5 p.m. at the library.
Families pay for the banners, which are later returned to them.
The cost of each banner is $110.
The program honors active-duty military personnel, veterans living and deceased, KIAs, POWs and MIAs.
The first year of the program, 36 veterans banners were hung. This year the number increased to 53.
The banners go up for Memorial Day and remain in place until Veterans Day, November 11.
All the banners are placed in the downtown area, although the increased numbers this year have pushed that “area” to the vicinity of West End restaurant on Monroe St.
There are none in the immediate downtown on Second St. as city officials leave those poles open to hang banners for special events.
The Antoine Rivarre chapter handles all aspects of the project with no cost to the city – other than employees mounting and removing the banners – nor paperwork nor liability.
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