John Basilone Detachment 190 of the Marine Corps League hosted a walk on March 25 in an effort to raise money for the Women In Military Service For America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Mel Meszaros, John Heacock, Ed Sphatt, Gene Bernhardt, Myriam Charriez, Ed Peterson, Fred Billand, Ray Orriss, Mike Lahutsky, and Bev Orriss walk to raise money for the upkeep of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.EDISON -- John Basilone Detachment 190 of the Marine Corps League hosted a walk on March 25 in an effort to raise money for the Women In Military Service For America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Members of the detachment and friends of the organization walked 1.5 miles from the Veterans' Memorial in Roosevelt Park in Edison to the New Jersey State Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park to raise money for the memorial, the nation's only memorial for women in the military which opened in 1997.
The Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation is a nonprofit organization that depends on donations of individuals, corporations, organizations, and state and local governments to equip and maintain its education center, theater and exhibit areas, expand its artifact collection, and continue to locate and register eligible women. The Milltown-based detachment expects to donate $2,000 to the organization.
Myriam Charriez, commandant of the detachment said, "Since March has been declared 'National Women's History Month' it is fitting that we conduct this event on this date."
For more information on the memorial or to make a donation, go to womensmemorial.org; or, send checks payable to John Basilone Detachment, c/o Janet Misak/paymaster, 55 Gordon Ave., Fords, NJ 08863 (Women In Military Service For America Memorial in the memo line).