On Tuesday morning, Feb. 18, John Jay High School held an assembly of students, administrators of schools in the southern portion of the district, and several veterans groups (including Post 1758), to commemorate the POW/MIA flag and to distribute flags donated by veterans groups to the principals of the various schools. A vice commander of the Wappingers VFW post gave a short history of the flag and explained why it's important that the flag be prominently displayed.

In the afternoon, a reprise of the ceremony was held at Roy C. Ketcham High School for schools in the northern portion of the district. Our post was assigned five seats on the stages at both events. Those seats were filled by Commander Jim Reynolds, Bill Meyer, Jeff Miedowski, Bill Kriebel and Lance Ashworth.