Released on = August 2, 2006, 9:38 pm

Press Release Author = Steve Gibson

Industry = Non Profit

Press Release Summary = As they have since 1942, the Village of Maywood and the
Maywood Bataan Day Organization will mark Maywood Bataan Day on the Second Sunday in
September. This year the memorial will be held on Sunday, September 10th at 3pm at
Veteran’s Memorial Park at the corner of 1st Ave. and Oak St. in Maywood, IL.

Press Release Body = FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MAYWOOD, IL – As they have since 1942, the Village of Maywood and the Maywood Bataan
Day Organization will mark Maywood Bataan Day on the Second Sunday in September.
This year the memorial will be held on Sunday, September 10th at 3pm at Veteran’s
Memorial Park at the corner of 1st Ave. and Oak St. in Maywood, IL.
Each year since 1942, friends, family and community leaders have gathered to
pay tribute to the Maywood National Guardsmen who served in the Philippines at
the beginning of World War II. Most of these men did not return, and the story
of their tribulations has recently been documented on television specials and a
movie, “The Great Raid”. More recently, the memorial service has grown to
encompass veterans from all wars, and includes active participation from the
Filipino-American community in Chicago.
This year’s guest speaker is LTC Rommel A. Guerrero, CDR, 1st Battalion,, 178th
Infantry, Illinois Army National Guard. Colors will be presented by many area
American Legion, VFW, and ROTC color guards. In past years color guard units
from Des Plaines, Chicago, Palatine, Elmhurst, Frankfort, LaGrange and
Northlake have participated. Music will be provided by the Brass Quintet of the
Navy Band, Great Lakes. Col. Richard McMahon, Jr., President of the Maywood
Bataan Day Organization, extended an invitation to the community, saying, “All
members of the public are encouraged to attend and pay tribute to these
American heroes.”
The Maywood Bataan Day Organization is dedicated to preserving the memory of
Bataan Day and perpetuating the observance of Maywood’s Bataan Day Memorial.
Our modern mission includes supporting veterans of all wars and providing
educational resources through our archives and our website
(http://www.maywoodbataandayorganization.org). This organization is a
non-profit 501(c)(19) organization that is supported by donations of time and
money from the community.

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Web Site = http://www.maywoodbataandayorganization.org

Contact Details = Contact Information:
Col. Richard A. McMahon, Jr. (Ret.)
Email: Ramcmahon1@aol.com
Website URL: http://www.maywoodbataandayorganization.org