Glen Allen Day 2005

Date: Saturday, September 17, 2005
Hours: 9:00AM - 4:00PM
Location: Meadow Farm Museum - Crump Park
  3400 Mountain Road - Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

Glen Allen honors its war heroes

In 1948 as the Korean Conflict was starting, a unit of the Virginia Army National Guard was founded in Glen Allen by General Crump, commander of the Virginia National Guard. The unit was started in the basement of Glen Allen Baptist Church with four officers and 12 enlisted men.

The unit was called up to active duty in 1950 and sent to Philadelphia because there was a threat to cities along the East Coast from air attack. They set up air defenses for two years and after that time some of the members were sent to Korea. The unit was active in Glen Allen until the 1960's when it moved to Sandston. It is now a Black Hawk helicopter squadron that will be deployed with a Marine unit to Iraq. They will have desert training Arizona starting in the fall and deploy to Iraq in January.

The Glen Allen Ruritan Club cooked pork barbecue for the unit's Family Day on July 9th, and 350 members of the unit and their families attended. Also in attendance were three members of the original unit, several of whom are over 80 years old.

Members of both the original unit and today's unit will be honored guests along with their families at Glen Allen Day 2005. Lets send them off to their service in a way they won't forget. This Glen Allen Day, we'll all have an excellent opportunity to let these troops and their families know how much we appreciate their roles in the war against terror.

2d Virginia Regiment to provide demonstation at Glen Allen Day
Several local members of the 2d Virginia Regiment, a group of Revolutionary War re-enactors and historians, will be joining us at Glen Allen Day providing a live demonstration of Revolutionary War period daily life.

Members of the 2d Virginia at camp.

2d Virginia members in formation.

Donations of goods accepted for relocated survivors of Hurricane Katrina
Henrico County Recreation and Parks has approved a request from the Family Support Group of the Virginia National Guard allowing collection of personal items and new baby items to be taken at Glen Allen Day for the 1,000 evacuees that will be coming to Virginia (Fort Pickett).

Glen Allen Day 2005: Schedule of Events

11:00AM-4:00PM: Fair

Entertainment Line-Up (scheduled)

Main Stage
11:30AM: Opening Ceremony

• Recognition of Special Guests
• A Tribute to the Troops
• Marianne Minton, Miss Greater Richmond
• Hermitage High School Chorus
• Glen Allen Elementary School Chorus

Rear Stage
12:00PM: Henrico Community Band
throughout the afternoon: Family Entertainment