Florida Veterans Memorial Plaza

An open invitation from our friend Father Bob Swick:

The Florida Veterans Memorial Plaza at Crest Lake Park, Clearwater is now a reality and the site for all future Memorial Day and Veterans Day Tributes. This Veterans Day Celebration, scheduled for November 12th, Saturday, will be the first since the opening of FVM Plaza. It will be a stellar occasion, as it should be, guaranteed in part, with your participation.

This is a call for you to help make this a truly memorial occasion. It’s a call out with a narrow response window; the 100 day countdown to Celebration begins on August first.

Tampa Bay Veterans Alliance will orchestrate the event and do much of the “heavy lifting”, just like it has these past twelve years. But it can’t be done alone; we need community support.

Many ideas are in the works but before anything crystallizes, we want to call one (1) meeting to formalize a program and action plan. This meeting will take place on 3 August, at 5:30 pm. The location will be at our Headquarters on Hercules Rd in the Clearwater Air Park, between Drew and Sunset Point Roads.

Please email response.

_ I will attend                                                 _ I can’t attend but include me in as a volunteer

_ Pick one or more categories of interest:

_Publicity                   _Program Development                  _CAP & JROTC Participations

_ Military/Vet Participation              _ Utility Outfield Position

_Dignitary Outreach

In partnership,

Rev. Fr. Robert “Bob” Swick

Chairman & President

rbsemperfi@gmail.com

About Jeff Cavanagh

Jeff Cavanagh spent his freshman year at St. Petersburg Junior College back in the early 70s before enlisting in the United States Navy. Soon after, he attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. After college, he was commissioned and became a qualified Surface Warfare Officer spending the next 22 years honing his skills as a ship-handler and expert recruiter before retiring in 1994. Jeff expresses a deep sense of pride in St. Petersburg College due to connections that go back many years. His father, Tom Cavanagh, was a career Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran who taught Geography and Western Civilization at St. Petersburg Junior College in the 60’s and 70’s.