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DESCRIPTION:San Rafael, CA nonprofit Veterans Housing & Services is asking Californians 
 to set a place at their tables to mark national POW/MIA Recognition Day, 
 which takes place this Friday, Sept. 16. A Congressional Resolution passed 
 in 1979 set the third Friday of September as POW/MIA Recognition Day to 
 remember the nation’s soldiers who were prisoners of war (POWs) and those 
 listed as missing in action (MIAs). Since WWII, the US Dept. of Defense 
 puts the total number of MIAs at 87,000 and POWs at 142,000 – 17,000 of 
 whom died while interned. The traditional POW/MIA Day table setting 
 includes a small round table covered with a white tablecloth, dishes and 
 silverware, black napkin, single red rose, yellow candle and yellow ribbon, 
 salt and slices of lemon on a bread plate, a wine glass turned upside down 
 and empty chair reminding us that these soldiers cannot be with us today. A 
 small American flag and a POW/MIA Flag – available on the internet – 
 complete the honorary seat at the table.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/09/13/18791162.php
SUMMARY:POW/MIA Recognition Day
LOCATION:Your home, restaurant, club and other venues wishing to observe 2016 
 POW/MIA Recognition Day.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/09/13/18791162.php
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