2013 Town of Cairo
Hometown Heroes Banner Program
a Project of the Cairo Historical Society
P.O. Box 803, Cairo, NY 12413
CairoHistSociety@yahoo.com 518-821-3852
Deadline for Banner applications is March 31, 2013
Click here for the APPLICATION
The Cairo Historical Society, with the support of the Town of Cairo, is launching a new program in 2013. Entitled “Town of Cairo Hometown Heroes Banners Program”, it will be a living tribute to the servicemen and women from the Town of Cairo who served our country from the Revolutionary War to the present day.
Each individual banner will be unique and honor a specific Town of Cairo former or present serviceman or woman and will include their picture, branch of service and military conflict in which they served.
The banners will be 18 inches wide and 36 inches in height and be in full color. They will be displayed for 2 months every year, from mid May until mid July. The banners will be hung on the sixty-two lampposts that line Main St., Cairo and Mountain Ave. into Purling.
Eligibility Criteria:
· Serviceman or woman must have been born in the Town of Cairo or have lived in the Town of Cairo
· Serviceman or woman must have service in the United States Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard)
Ways to Sponsor a Banner:
· Family members or loved ones may sponsor a banner
· The cost of each banner is $195
· The Cairo Historical Society are the owners of the banners, will maintain custodianship of the banners and ensure they are hung each year
· Businesses may sponsor a banner for a particular Veteran by contacting the Cairo Hometown Heroes Banner Committee at the email at the top of this page or call Sylvia Hasenkopf at 518-821-3852. Businesses who sponsor a banner will have their name as a sponsor on the banner.
Click here for the APPLICATION
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