Orion War Memorial, Inc. is hosting a Rally A Round the Flag 5K walk on Flag Day, June 14 to honor veterans and the US flag. The walk takes place in Orion Township and the Village of Lake Orion.
The purpose of the walk in to raise funds to complete the Orion Veterans Memorial. The memorial honors all service men and women, especially those from Orion who lost their lives in defense of freedom.
These special honorees are veterans of America’s wars beginning with the Civil War and continuing through the Vietnam war.
The memorial, currently under construction at the northwest corner of M-24 and Odanah, will feature walkways titled Pathways to Peace. The focal point will be a statue of a young man in uniform preparing to leave his family to fight for his county.
A second focal point will be the Peacoat Memorial — a peacoat and sailor’s hat draped on a chair to represent all those service people who are buried at sea.
Brick walkways will contain the names of veterans who readily gave years of their lives to maintain the flame of freedom in America.
Registration for the 5K walk begins at 8:30 a.m. at the memorial. The walk begins at 9:30 a.m. Pledge forms are available at the Orion War Memorial office, 312 Broadway.
For more information, call Joe Zikewick at 248-693-6348.