Massing of the Colors to Highlight 2015 Flag Day Ceremony in Santa Fe

For Immediate Release

June, 2015

Saturday/June 13 (9:30a.m.)

Santa Fe/Santa Fe Veterans Memorial

(Intersection of West DeVargas & Galisteo Streets)

(SANTA FE, NM)—New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services Secretary Jack Fox is scheduled to take part in the 2015 Flag Day/20th Annual Massing of the Colors ceremony at 9:30a.m. on Saturday, June 13 at the Santa Fe Veterans’ Memorial, located on the northwest corner of the Bataan Memorial Building at the intersection of West DeVargas and Galisteo Streets).

The public is invited to attend the festivities, which is once again presented by the Santa Fe Chapter of the Military Order of World Wars (MOWW).  A free concert by the Santa Fe Concert Band will precede the ceremonies at 9a.m.

Joining Secretary Fox will be MOWW National President CINC CAPT. John Hayes (USAF-Retired), who will deliver the Keynote Address. In addition to the Santa Fe Concert Band, music will also be provided by the Valley of Santa Fe Scottish Rite Order of the Thistle Pipes and Drum Corps, and guest soloist Frances Fernandes.

The highlight of the ceremony will be the colorful Massing of the Colors–featuring veterans’ organizations and other community groups parading towards the monument bearing the flags of their organizations, the United States, and New Mexico.

For more information or to become a part of this always-colorful ceremony, please contact Bob Mallin at bobmallinmd@gmail.com

Flag Day is officially observed on June 14. Though not an official national holiday, it commemorates the adoption of the Flag of the United States on this day in 1777 by Resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

President Woodrow Wilson issued a Proclamation in 1916 asking that June 14 be set aside as Flag Day. In August of 1949, a National Flag Day was officially established by Congress.

Respectfully,

Ray Seva

Public Information Officer,

New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services

(505) 362-6089 cell

www.dvs.state.nm.us

 Bataan Memorial Building

407 Galisteo Street

Room 132

Santa Fe, NM  87504-2324