Community News

Memorial Day

 

by: Bill Neessen
Published: June 1, 2026

 

ORANGE...Memorial Day is an incredibly special day for the Orange Elks Lodge. It is a time we come to remember those men and women who fought for us and to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

Our Lodge members placed flags on their grave sites. On many grave markers coins were observed. Each coin had a special meaning, leaving a penny indicates that you knew the deceased, a nickel meant you trained in boot camp together, a dime signified serving in the same company, a quarter told the family that you were with them when they died.

The lodge placed over 400 flags on the headstones of veterans at both the Santa Ana Cemetery and at the Fairhaven Cemetery! Jay and Vicky Chaisson placed flags.

A Memorial Day Observance is held at the Santa Ana Cemetery and the Fairhaven Cemetery! The lodge placed a wreath in honor of our fallen Hero's at the both the Tri-City Memorial Day and the Fairhaven Cemetery Ceremonies.
The Antlers placed a wreath at Tri-City Memorial.

L-R: Julianne Taylor, Sierra Hay, Bobby Nelson, Seth Lawrence, Wyatt Wozneak
Our lodge members placed a wreath at Fairhaven.

 

L-R:Brian Fitzpatrick, Christina Grosso, Julie Sutton Garret Hamblin and Stephanie Fitzpatrick

“As long as there is a Vet, the Orange Elks will never forget”!

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