The Millennium
October 2025
Volume 2
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Issue 10
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Number 1
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October 2025
Subscribe at: www.legion.org/information-center/in-the-media/e-newsletters Special to The Millennium—Rusty Myers (NJ), Editor, with excerpts from legion.org
Sons Across the Nation Honor the Missing on POW/MIA Recognition Day National POW/MIA Recognition Day is held each year on the third Friday of September. This commemoration is set aside to honor the commitment and sacrifices made by this nation's prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action, as well as their families. As part of the day of recognition, Americans are asked to pause and reflect on the sacrifices made by the military men and women who are imprisoned or unaccounted for as a result of their military service. The numbers of unaccounted-for personnel are staggering, currently at 83,000 nationally since the First World War. Here are a few ways Sons and The American Legion Family from across the 55 detachments honored the service and sacrifice of those missing serviceman: Elk Grove, California
New Jersey: POW/MIA Watchfire Members of the Elk Grove American Legion Post 233 Family, Legion Post 55 family, VFW Post 2073, and Marine Corps Detachment 1238 along with the Elk Grove Community all got together to conduct their annual ceremony.
California: Palm Beach Commemorates POW/MIA Day Members of the honor guard from the American Legion Palm Springs Owen Coffman Post 519 Family stand at attention as Taps is played after they raised the POW/MIA flag outside City Hall Friday morning.
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The Detachment of New Jersey held the 35th Annual POW/MIA Watchfire on 20-21 September. It started at 7pm with ceremonies and speeches, followed by dinner and the reading of New Jersey’s missing. The Watchfire continued for twelve hours, until its conclusion at 7am the next day. Throughout the overnight, a huge bonfire on the bay-side of Seaside Heights is continuously fed – representing a light being shined to help those POW’s and MIA’s find their way home. National Commander Bill Clancy attended the event as part of his official visit to The Garden State. Wisconsin: POW/MIA Silent March In Franksville, WI, Harvey Fun American Legion Post 494 hosted a District 1 American Legion Family POW/MIA Silent March. Following the march, a ceremony took place at the post.
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