★ ★ ★ Tie a Yellow Ribbon! ★ ★ ★ Evan Albright, US Navy If we have missed anyone, 
Serving in 2010 from Union County
CDT Jordan Allison, US Army, West Point
PFC Daniel Atkins, US Army
Amn Todd Atkins, US Navy
SGT Brandon Burkhead, US Army
LCpl Deven P. Chapman, US Marine
SrA Daniel Cochran, US Air Force
PFC Hunter Collins, US Army
SPC Jeff Cook, US Army
SPC Jeff Coots, US Army Nat. Guard
ENC Blane Dorton, US Navy
ND2 Brady Dorton, US Navy
Amn Jared Fisher, US Air Force
Todd Gibson, US Marine
Chad Glazer, US Navy
FN Lee Goodman, US Navy
SN Michael Hoppinworth, US Navy
SSG Cory Ingram, US Army, Special Forces
CDT Christopher Jones, US Army, West Point
PO Justin Jones, US Navy
SSG Seth Kelley, US Army
Alex Knight, US Marine
SN Kelly McCrackin, US Navy
Cpl Brandon Martin, US Marines
Pvt Mike Meliezer, US Army
PO2, Nathaniel S. Murphy, US Navy
SN Mathew Pirkle, US Navy
Pvt Nathaniel Prentice, US Army
1LT John D. Rabun, US Air Force
Joshua Redditt, US Army
Brandon R. Rightnowar, US Navy
SPC Patrick Reutter, US Army
Amn Ian M. Stewart, US Navy
HN John Wilson Scanlon, US Navy serving with the US Marines
Brian Siefken, US Marine
Karl Siefken, US Marine
Andrew Sparks, US Army
LCpl Blake Stewart, US Marine
SGT Matthew Ueltzen, US Army
Weston Varian, US Army Airborne
PFC Makena Wight, US Marine
please call the Historical Society Office
Armed Forces Day
This day is a day to salute to the men and woman in all branches of the service. Initially, each branch of the military had their own day of celebration. But, on August 31, 1949 then Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of Armed Forces Day. President Harry Truman also announced the holiday in a presidential proclamation on February 20, 1950.
On Saturday, May 15, yellow cards were hung from the lamp posts on the Square for Armed Forces Day. This will be done to show our community's support for our troops from Union County.
Ed Reed, President of the Union County Historical Society, opened the ceremony, noting that this was Blairsville's second observance of Armed Forces Day. The names of those serving at the present were read and displayed. Patriotic music was played from the Clock Tower bells before and after the program.
For more photos, go to: http://www.downtownblairsville.com/armedForces.html
Sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and the Union County Historical Society.