| Post 2075 and its Auxiliary join with the American Legion Post 314 and its Auxiliary each year to put on a public Memorial Day Observance ceremony at the Hawthorne Memorial Center. The VFW and American Legion groups alternate each year between hosting the event and hosting a luncheon afterwards for the public -- this year we helped the Post host the lunch. The Auxiliary President posted a memorial wreath during the ceremony which includes remarks by Congresswoman Maxine Waters. State Senator Steve Bradford Mayor Alex Vargas City Council members and others. The Auxiliary paid for some of the food and Auxiliary members also helped clean up the Post afterwards. Note: this report has also been submitted under the Americanism Program citing hours/members/dollars in that report -- this report is solely to document our interaction with Congresswoman Waters who spoke to the crowd on the PACT Act and other legislative initiatives and the Hawthorne City officials who discussed the work of the City's Veterans Commission and the progress being made on a Veterans' House in the City. |