"EVENTS AROUND GRATTAN CENTRE"

Family Friends & Neighbors (FFN)
Volunteers are now in the process of erecting the War Memorial
You can purchase bricks now. See application below.

Veterans do not have to be from the Grattan Area to have a brick designated to them

VETERAN'S MEMORIAL

A committee, headed by Family, Friends and Neighbors, has been working for the past year on plans for a Veteran's Memorial, to be located at Grattan Center Cemetery . The stages are complete and the fundraising has begun. Engraved bricks to honor an individual, family, organization or company are being sold. The cost is $40.00 for 2 lines of 14 characters each or $50.00 for 3 lines. Order forms are available below, at the Township Hall or by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to: Veterans Memorial 12050 Old Belding Road N.E. , Belding , MI 48809 . This project will be fully funded through private donations, both financial or services, and fundraiser's. Stage I will involve site excavation, retaining wall construction, cement pad for monument, electrical supply and setting the flag sleeves. If you or anyone you know is willing to help with the excavation, cement work or electrical supply hook-up please contact Dianna at 616-691-6504 or e-mail forcecrank@aol.com .

MEMORIAL BRICK ORDER FORM

PLEASE PRINT Plans are now underway for a Veterans Memorial to be located at Grattan Center Cemetery . One of the ways we are raising money for the Memorial is by selling bricks. These bricks will be included in the walkway of the Memorial. Become a part of the Memorial by buying an engraved brick to honor an individual, family, organization or company. The cost of the bricks is $40.00 for 1 or 2 lines and $50.00 for 3 lines. Each line is limited to 14 characters or spaces. Person honored does NOT have to be from the Grattan Area. (2 lines)INSCRIPTION 1 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 2 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 3 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ PURCHASED BY NAME: _______________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________________________________ CITY/STATE/ZIP: ______________________________________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER: _____________________________________________________________________ SIGNATURE: __________________________________________________________________________ ************************************************************************ Please make your check payable to FFN Veterans Memorial Fund and mail to: Veterans Memorial Fund 12050 Old Belding Road N.E. Belding , MI 48809 If you have any questions please call (616) 691-6504 or e-mail forcecrank@aol.com .

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 KENT COUNTY SHERIFF ON-LINE REPORTING SERVICE

Household Battery Recycling and American Flag Retirement

Bring your HOUSEHOLD Batteries to the township office for disposal. There is a container in the lobby. Also if you have and old flag that you wish to dispose of you can bring this to the office and the Boy Scouts will retire it.

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GRATTAN TOWNSHIP TROOPS
Please remember all the military personnel in service to our country
whether they are serving here at home or abroad

United States Air Force
Cassidy Brummel
Grattan

United States Navy
Nick Brandes
In Iraq

United States Marine    
Lt. Brendon Albert
Currently station in Iraq

United States Army
Adam Hamilton
Veteran of 2 tours in Iraq

Michigan National Guard
Scott Vaughn
Welcome Home
Thanks

If you have a veteran from Grattan Township or know of one, we would like to honor him on our cable and web page

email me at
grattanweb@comcast.net

The Creation of "Taps": A Soldier's Good Night

Play taps

Since Its Creation during the Civil War, Taps Has Been Used to Signal the End of Day at Military Camps and to Pay Tribute to Those Brave Souls Who Have Gone to Their Final Rest

      Day is done. Gone the sun. From the Lakes.
From the hills. From the sky.
All is well safely rest. God is nigh.
Fading light. Dims the sight And a star Gems the sky.
Gleaming bright. From afar. Drawing nigh. Falls the night.
Thanks and praise. For our days.
Neath the sun. Neath the stars. Neath the sky.
As we go. This we know. God is nigh

REMEMBER THOSE LOST OR HARMED WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY

GRATTAN TOWNSHIP VETERANS

James Cowan
William M. Francisco
James Heffran
Harvey Johnson
William Slayton
Abraham Wolfe

WORLD WAR I

Henry Detmers
William Hugh Cavanaugh

WORLD WAR II

John C. Loughlin
James Read
William Read
Robert H. Howard
Alfred Roberts

VIETNAM

Randall Craig VanHaitsma
James J. Heether II

AFGHANISTAN

Jason Thomas Plite - killed while on a rescue mission

CIVIL WAR     
25th Michigan Infantry
COMPANY B

GRATTAN TOWNSHIP CABLE TV

(NOTE: Check out Grattan TV Cable Channel 25 for more information)

GrattanWeb@comcast.net

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