Marion Military Banner

05/26/2025

We are proud to celebrate our local veterans!

05/20/2025

Stand By Your Banner" Events: May 24th & June 28th from 11:30am to 12:30 pm.
Marion County Military Banners are on display on utility poles around the City of Marion, OH from Memorial Day weekend through Veterans Day.
The honored veterans, family, & friends are invited to "Stand By Your Banner" for an hour on Saturday May 24th, and again on June 28th from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.
The public is encouraged to tour the impressive banner-lined streets of our city to wave, and cheer with those celebrating their veteran. Over 600 banners will be on display!
Routes to tour include:
-- Mt. Vernon Ave (Rt 95) from US 23 to downtown
-- E. Center St from US 23 to downtown
-- the famous "Shoot the Loop" oval route around downtown (Center St & Church St)
-- Oak St (beside the County Administration Bldg)
-- S. Main St to Delaware Ave, then loop around McKinley Park Blvd by Veterans Park & continue on Delaware Ave (turn around at Barks Rd & head back toward downtown)
-- S. State St (one-way heading north from Delaware Ave to downtown)
-- N. Main St. from downtown to Stewart's Root Beer Drive-In
-- S. Prospect St (one-way heading south) through the merge left into Walnut St to Delaware Ave
-- Bellefontaine Ave (Rt 739) from S. Prospect St. to the railroad tracks

04/03/2025

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The 6th Annual Honor Flight at Home will be held this year on Saturday, June 7, at TriRivers Vocational School in Marion. This program, affiliated with Honor Flight Columbus, is designed to honor veterans who cannot travel to Washington, D.C., to see their memorials. Any veteran in the state of Ohio who qualifies and can travel to Marion may attend. Please contact Margie Saull, the event coordinator, for an application and more information at [email protected].

05/24/2024

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05/13/2024

Please share! Ohio veterans 65+ who can't travel to Washington, D.C. for an Honor Flight can be honored on June 8 at Tri-Rivers Career Center. The link to information and the application are below.

Veterans 65 and older are invited to the Honor Flight at Home event coming up June 8 at Tri-Rivers. Learn more about the volunteers working to honor these of Vietnam, Korea and World War II who cannot take an Honor Flight to Washington, DC here: https://bit.ly/HonorFlightMarion2024 !

12/30/2022

The Military Banner Campaign for veterans from Marion County, Ohio is underway. Here is the schedule to get a banner to honor your veteran:

Banners will be sold on following days & times in January, 2023.

Thursday January 5 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday January 9 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Friday January 13 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Monday January 16 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Thursday January 19 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday January 23 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Thursday January 26 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

The Prospect Room at the County Administration Building has been scheduled for these dates and times.

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