Sir Knights your Grand Commandery Veterans committee has a great opportunity for you to show your local communities that “We Care”. During the Easter Trip to DC, Sir Knights will have the chance to place a special memento on the last resting place of a Michigan Veteran. As a special caveat 16 Michigan veterans who have recently been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery have been selected for Sir Knights to adopt.
If you are attending the Easter Services at Arlington, all you need to do is contact SK Darel Winslow “Butch” and select the veteran you wish to adopt from the list provided. Verify that you or your Commandery will agree to pay the $10.00 cost of the memento. Then while at Arlington, Butch will provide you with the materials, which consist of a small Michigan flag and a flower setup, a grave site locator, a small map and a ready to fill in and mail news article. You take it to the gravesite and place the memento 8” in front of either corner of the headstone. If you wish to take a picture next to the headstone, that is acceptable. All of these veterans are in section 60 which is only a short walk from the main parking area.
It’s that simple. You will have the deep satisfaction of having taken part in a small personal touch, as a representative to the community you choose of not only your Commandery, our Michigan Grand Commandery but of all Mason’s. These men have paid the greatest price while defending what our country stands for, don’t they all deserve to be forever, REMEMBERED & HONORED.
SK Darel can be reached in the following manner:
Email GSPWatcher@yahoo.com (personal)
Email Darel.Winslow@VA.gov (work)
Phone; Cell 503-559-8496 Work (m-f 8 to4:30) 734-845-3833
Snail mail D. Winslow, 7852 Chilson Rd. Pinckney Mi. 48169
Download Document containing the biography of each Michigan Veteran listed below CLICK HERE
| last name | first | Middle | From | Rank | Unit | AKA | Burial Site | adopted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algrim | Wilson | A. | Howell | SPC. | US Army | sec 60 #8508 | Steve S. 21 | |
| Bloomfield | Gerald | M. II | Fowlerville | Major | USMC | "jerry or Jer" | sec 60 #8153 | Don M. 28 |
| Daul | Andrew | P. | Brighton | SPC. | US Army | sec 60 #8511 | Don Trumbull 28 | |
| Dreasky | Duane | J. | Novi | SSG | US Army, 1st battalion MNG | sec 60 #8407 | Northville Com 39 | |
| Fester | Gregory | J. | Grand Rapids | Major | US Army | sec 60 #8218 | Steve Lambert 7 | |
| Heinlein | Charles | Thomas Jr. | Hemlock | Spec | US Army | sec 60 #8646 | A.Lenfesty 28 | |
| Jackson | William | Samual II | Saginaw | SSG | US Army | sec 60 #8523 | Tom M. 21 | |
| Kidd | Mark | David | Milford | Cpl. | USMC | Sec 60 #8649 | Ryan G. 39 | |
| Kim | Minhee | Andy | Ann Arbor | LCPL | USMC | sec 60 #8524 | Pontiac Com 2 | |
| Koehler | Gary | A. | Ypsilanti | Cpl. | USMC | sec 60 #8852 | Northville Com 39 | |
| Lehto | Jason | A. | Clinton Twsp | SSGT | USMC | sec 60 #8091 | Durand Comm 21 | |
| McCloud | Joseph | Trane | Detroit | Lt. Col | USMC | Sec 60 #8455 | Howard Det 1 | |
| Meyer | Jason | Michael | Swartz Creek | Pfc | US Army | sec 60 #7868 | MI Demolay DT | |
| Miller | Lowell | Thomas II | Monroe | Capt. | US Army | "Tom" | court 5 sec QQ colum 12 niche 5 | Monroe Com 19 |
| Petriken | Brett | J. | Flint | SSG | US Army | sec 60 #7880 | Monroe Com 19 | |
| Sather | Scott | Douglas | Clio | SSgt | USAF Combat Controller | sec 60 #7875 | Bryon D. 21 | |
| Walters | Howard | Arlen | Port Huron | TSGT | USAF | sec 60, #8121 | Al Johnson | |
| Webb | Brandon | J. | Swartz Creek | LCPL | USMC | sec 60, #8404 | Pontiac Com 2 | |
| Yost | Anthony | R.C. | Millington | MSG | US Army | sec 60, #8298 | K.Lenfesty 28 | |
| Edmonds | Sarah | Edmonds | flint | Civil War | 2nd Michigan Volunteers | Frank Thompson | Female Veterans Memorial | Lady Christy #28 |
| Love | Nancy | Harkness | Houghton | Pilot, 1945 | ATC 2nd Ferring Group | Female Veterans Memorial | Lady Christy #28 |