City of Oak Forest Veterans Commission met May 18

By Angelica Saylo Pilo

Jun 9, 2023

Here is the agenda provided by the commission:

1. Pledge of allegiance

2. Roll Call

3. Approval of Minutes

• Approval of the April 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.

• Planning for FOURTH OF July 2023 concert at Park District Pavilion behind main Park District building.

• We should incorporate Operation Gratitude into 4th of July event.

• Suggestions by Hank Kuspa and Joe Koce have been noted and work starts now.

• One of our members could use a little yard clean-up assistance. Weather is getting better so we need to pick a date.

• Veterans Birthday yard signs are in city hall. I have posted the first birthday sign on Deerpath Rd.

• Are there any restrictions for putting names on picture when they are transitioned to the TV? No restrictions at all.

6. NEW BUSINESS:

• Memorial Day Flag placing around the city needs people to place flags weekend of May 20.

• We were asked to post colors at the Senior Luncheon on May 25th at 11:00 AM. Class “A” uniform will meet at Park Place (OF Park District) 10:30.

7. Once around the Table.

Each member shares any information for Veterans.

8. ADJOURNMENT:

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

What Happened On This Day – May 18

• 2009 The Sri Lankan Civil War ends

The 25-year conflict between the government and the separatist Tamil Tigers had claimed up to 100,000 lives. It ended with the Tigers' defeat.

• 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts

The eruption killed 57 people. A large part of the previously cone-shaped volcano was replaced by a massive crater; its summit is now some 1300 feet (400 meters) lower than before the eruption.

• 1927 45 people die in the United States' worst school massacre

In the Bath school disaster, a disgruntled school board member set off several bombs at the Bath Consolidated School and other locations in Michigan.

• 1848 The first German National Assembly gathers in Frankfurt

The assembly constituted the first freely elected parliament of Germany. It produced a constitution that provided the basis for today's constitution of Germany (Grundgesetz).

• 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is appointed Emperor of the French

Even today, the French leader, a native of Corsica, is widely known for his successful military campaigns - and his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.

Trivia: (You do not win anything, but it is fun playing?)

April question

Q. What does WAC stand for?

A. War Alliance Council

B. Wounded Army Coalition

C. Women’s Army Corps

D. None of the above.

May Question

Q. Who was the pilot of the B-29 "Enola Gay" that dropped the Hiroshima bomb?

• Col. Paul Tibbets

• Col. Joseph William Kittinger II

• Col. Herman G. “Hank” Tillman Jr.