Fort Greenville DAR Raise the Flag at the Studabaker Schoolhouse

Pictured Greenville VFW Ladies Aux Post 7262 President
Gail Snyder, VFW Commander Scott Reed, and DAR member
Helen Wright. Also attending and not pictured was DAR and VFW Ladies Aux.
member Mary Jane Dietrich.

The Fort GreeneVille Chapter DAR recently had a flag raising at the Studabaker Schoolhouse. The Studabaker Schoolhouse is located on St Rt 49 South and is on the National Register of Historical Places. The Greenville VFW Post 7262 donated the flag of the United States, an Ohio flag, and a POW flag to fly over the Studabaker Schoolhouse property.

Besides honoring and respecting the flag of the United States, the chapter also would like to recognize the significance of the POW/MIA flag. The POW/MIA flag is an American flag designed as a symbol of citizen concern about United States military personnel taken as prisoners of war (POWs) or listed as missing in action (MIA). On August 10, 1990, the 101st Congress passed U.S. Public Law 101-355, recognizing the National League of Families POW/MIA Flag and designating it "as a symbol of our Nation's concern and commitment to resolving as fully as possible the fates of Americans still prisoner, missing and unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. Thus ending the uncertainty for their families and the Nation." Beyond Southeast Asia, it has been a symbol for POW/MIAs from all American Wars.

The DAR, founded in 1890 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children.