SEELEY LAKE – This year’s Grand Marshal for the Seeley Lake Fourth of July parade “Celebrate Freedom” is the Veterans & Families of Seeley Lake, a local 501(c)3. The group maintains the Seeley Lake Memorial Park, serves local veterans, sends care packages to service members, donates to local charitable organizations and others related to veterans. Their mission is to promote patriotism.
VFSL started in 2013 and is not affiliated with the Veterans of Foreign Wars. This allows them more flexibility with membership requirements and services. The organization currently has 50 members including veterans and other family members that wish to honor the service of a service member past or present in their family.
The VFSL serves veterans, qualifying spouses, widows or widowers with immediate needs. Some of the services include snow removal, firewood, information on VA programs and larger projects as funding and resources allow.
VFSL member Marjorie Pelletier said that the VFSL is honored to have been chosen to be the Grand Marshal especially with this year’s theme “Celebrate Freedom.” Eighteen local veterans will be riding on a flat bed trailer at the beginning of the parade. Branches of service represented include the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines with dates of service back to the Korean War and everything in-between. There will also be a veteran from the United States Naval Construction Battalion known as Seabees.
Pelletier said, “It is a perfect time to see some of the local veterans who have served our country, to maintain and preserve the freedom we all enjoy today.”
For more information about the VFSL contact President Barbara Knopp at 677-2543.
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