Veterans Affairs Outreach
Batesburg-Leesville – 1st Tuesday of each month
Batesburg-Leesville Police Department Courtroom, 9 a.m. - Noon
Chapin – 2nd Tuesday of each month, Chapin Town Hall
Council Chambers/Courtroom, 9 a.m. - Noon
Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee Meetings
7:00 p.m., Veterans Affairs Office, 605 W. Main Street, Lexington, SC:
April 13
July 13
October 12
Wives of Combat Veterans Support Group
If you are the wife of a combat veteran, please feel free to attend the monthly wives’ support group currently meeting on the 2nd Monday of each month in Room 110 (Auditorium) of the Lexington County Auxiliary Administration Building, 605 West Main Street in Lexington.
These meetings begin at noon and are hosted by David Cox of the Columbia Vet Center. No reservation is necessary, but you may call 785-8400 for more information.
The following dates have already been set, with more to follow:
Annual Lexington County Veterans Parade
The annual Lexington County Veterans Day Parade will be held Sunday, November 8, 2009 beginning at 3:00 p.m. Contact Sharon Willis at 785-1454 or Gary Baker at 785-8401 for more information.
Important Dates-2009
January 1 New Year’s Day*
January 15 Martin Luther King Day*
January 16 Operation Desert Storm begins (1991)
January 27 Vietnam Cease Fire (1973)
February is Americanism Month
February 20 Presidents' Day*
February 21 Ash Wednesday
February 23 Iwo Jima Flag Raised (1945)
February 28 Vietnam War era begins (1961)
February 18 ` Persian Gulf War hostilities end (1991)
March 9 Daylight Savings Time begins
March 16 Palm Sunday
March 17 St. Patrick’s Day
March 21 Good Friday
March 23 Easter Sunday
April 6 World War I begins (1917)
April 12 Easter Sunday
April 13 Ladies Support Group Meeting - 7 p.m.
April 13 Veterans Advisory Committee Meeting - 7 p.m.
April 21 Holocause Remembrance Day
May 7 National Day of Prayer
May 7 Vietnam War era ends (1975)
May 8 V-E Day, World War II (1945)
May 10 Mother’s Day
May 11 Confederate Memorial Day*
May 11 Ladies Support Group Meeting - Noon
May 16 Armed Forces Day
May 16 Palmetto Patriots Ball - 6 p.m.
May 22 Maritime Day
May 25 Memorial Day*
June 6 D-Day (1944)
June 14 Flag Day/Army Day
June 14 Army Birthday (established 1775)
June 21 Father’s Day
June 21 Summer Begins
June 25 Korean War begins (1950)
June 28 World War I ends (1919)
July 4 Independence Day *
(Lexington County Peach Festival, Gilbert, SC)
July 13 Veterans Advisory Committee Meeting - 7 p.m.
July 27 Korean War hostilities end (1953)
August 1 Air Force Day (established 1907)
August 2 Operation Desert Shield
( Persian Gulf) begins (1990)
August 4 Coast Guard Day
August 5 U.S. entry into Vietnam War begins (1964)
August 7 Purple Heart Day
August 7-8 Pelion Peanut Festival
August 15 V-J Day, World War II (1945)
August 19 National Aviation Day
September 7 Labor Day* (Chapin Labor Day Festival)
September 11 Patriot Day
September 11 Attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon (2001)
September 17 Constitution Day
September (TBA) Lexington Fun Fest
September 22 Autumn Begins
September 27 Gold Star Mothers Day
October 12 Columbus Day
October 12 Veterans Advisory Committee Meeting - 7 p.m.
October 13 Navy Day
October 31 Halloween
November 1 Daylight Savings Time ends
November 8 Lexington Veterans Parade - 3 p.m.
November 10 Marine Corps Day
November 11 Veterans Day *
November 26 Thanksgiving *
November 27 *
December 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 8 World War II begins (1941)
December 25 Christmas Day *
December 26*
*Holidays VA office will be closed
