City of Oak Forest Veterans Commission met March 16.
Here are the minutes provided by the commission:
1. Pledge of allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes
• Approval of the February minutes
4. Liaison to the City Report Paul Selman:
5. OLD BUSINESS:
• Flag receptacle is full again. Need to plan an empting out day when warmer. • Are we in process of having concert at Gazebo or the old Oak-Fest grounds on July 4th. • One of our members could use a little yard clean-up assistance. We will assist in cleaning things up for him on warmer date.
• Chrissy has requested Veterans commission use the current TV monitor in vestibule for veterans pictures and information.
• FLEADH is Saturday March 4. PW director Mike Salamowicz let the Veterans commission ride in his 5-ton military truck.
• Operation Gratitude, says thank you to all who served which include Veterans, active duty, first Responders. We could donate or help in some way.
6. NEW BUSINESS:
• Chrissy Maher, Communications Director, has requested a new TV for city hall use and the Veterans Commission will be able to use the existing TV for pictures and information.
What Happened On This Day – March 16
• 1985
Associated Press newsman, Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut.
• 1984
Mozambique and South Africa sign a pact banning support for one another’s internal foes.
• 1968
U.S. troops in Vietnam destroy a village consisting mostly of women and children, the action is remembered as the My-Lai massacre.
• 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson submits a $1 billion war on poverty program to Congress.
• 1954
CBS introduces The Morning Show hosted by Walter Cronkite to compete with NBC’s Today Show.
• 1945
Iwo Jima is declared secure by U.S. forces although small pockets of Japanese resistance still exist.
• 1939
Germany occupies the rest of Czechoslovakia.
• 1935
Adolf Hitler orders a German rearmament and violates the Versailles Treaty.
• 1928
The United States plans to send 1,000 more Marines to Nicaragua.
• 1926
• Physicist Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket.
Trivia: (You do not win anything, but it is fun playing?)
February question and answer.
Q. In what year did the last US troops leave Vietnam?
• 1970
• A. 1973
• 1969
• 1976
I think I forgot to give the answer for January so here it is.
Q. In what year did the Vietnam War start?
• 1950
• A. 1954
• 1960
• 1968
March question.
Q. When was the Vietnam memorial dedicated in Washington D.C.?
• ????
Once around the Table.
Each member shares any information for Veterans.
7. ADJOURNMENT:
Our next meeting is Thursday April 20, 2023 at 19:30 in Blue Room.
Dates and times could change with approval of committee. Changes will be posted in agenda if possible.
Meeting dates for 2023 meetings start at 19:30.
January 19 February 16 March 16 April 20 May 18 June 15 July 20 August 17 September 21 October 19 November 16 Dec 15 No meeting
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