Centennial Voyage of the Ensigns

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Centennial Voyage of the Ensigns

2013 marks United States Power Squadrons’ 100^th year of civic service, education, and fellowship.  To celebrate 100 years of USPS, a 12-by-18 commemorative 100^th anniversary ensign was designed and is available from the Ship’s Store at www.shopusps.org or by calling 888-367-8777 x 0. Members are encouraged to fly their commemorative ensigns proudly and then retire them to a place of honor in remembrance of our 100^th anniversary.

To recognize our 100 years of service, a special 100^th anniversary ensign will be presented to each district at the 2013 USPS Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, 17-20 Jan. The district commanders will proceed from the Annual Meeting with their district’s ensign.

Squadrons are asked to design streamers to attach to these special ensigns.  Ordering information is available on the 100^th anniversary website: www.usps.org/100 under downloads.  Districts are encouraged to hold ceremonies throughout their area at which squadrons will attach their streamers to the district ensign.

Then, to open the 2014 Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, 30 Jan. –2 Feb., each district commander will return his or her district’s ensign displaying the streamers of all the squadrons in the district.  After the meeting, the ensigns will return to the districts for display and in remembrance of our first 100 years.

The special ensigns will be shipped to Jacksonville in individual boxes and will include a stand, a pole, finial, and attachment ring for the streamers.

Districts are responsible for taking the ensigns home following the 2013 Annual Meeting.

Districts are responsible for returning their decorated ensigns to the 2014 Annual Meeting. At the close of the meeting, districts are again responsible for taking their ensigns home.

Special shipping arrangements will be available at the hotel.

100 years of USPS–let’s celebrate!