A volunteer committee through American Legion Post #36 in Boothbay is in charge of the program. Banners are 30” x 60” and printed with the veteran’s photograph, preferably in uniform, and will include their town, name, branch and dates of service. Banners will be hung from poles before Memorial Day 2024 and taken down after Veterans Day annually for three years.

Veterans and families are invited to an evening of information on the banner program on Sept. 25, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at American Legion Hall, Industrial Park Road, Boothbay. Representatives from the peninsula towns will be on hand to answer your questions, help process sign-up forms and accept payments and donations. Veterans need not be Legion members. Contacts are Jim Singer - Southport. (207-751-8540); Sue Burge - Boothbay, East Boothbay. (207-350-1581); Phil Chapman - Boothbay Harbor. (207-380-7020); Joel Morley - Edgecomb (207-798-1288); and  Sarah Sherman - Southport. (207-633-7161).