Natl Montford Point Marine Assn Chapter 47 Shares Message of The Right to Fight on Veterans Day

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Oct. 31, 2023 - PRLog -- The National Montford Point Marine Association Chapter 47 will participate with an entry in the Charleston Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, November 5, 2023, at 1:00 pm. The parade route starts at Concord Street and Market and ends at Colonial Lake. The Chapter float shares a message of "The Right to Fight!" honoring the legacy of the Montford Point Marines.

The National Montford Point Marine Association Chapter 47 recently held their Inaugural Charity and Awards Banquet at the Buyer Auditorium aboard the campus of The Citadel, where the family of the late Walter Harper, Jr. was presented with a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his legacy of service as an original Montford Point Marine.

Charleston Chapter 47 celebrated its one-year anniversary this summer as it was chartered on August 26^th, Montford Point Marine Day, 2022 at the 57th National Convention held at the Montford Point Marines Museum, Building M101, Camp Johnson, North Carolina.

Who are the Montford Point Marines?
The Montford Point Marines were the first African Americans to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps after President Franklin Roosevelt issued an Executive Order establishing the Fair Employment Practices Commission in June 1941. The recruits trained at Camp Montford Point in Jacksonville, NC from August 26, 1942, until the camp was decommissioned on September 9, 1949.

The mission of the National Montford Point Marine Association Chapter 47

-Serving our veterans and community
-Supporting education through scholarship
-Preserving the legacy of the Montford Point Marine

Visit the MPMA Charleston Chapter 47 on the web (https://mpma47.org/) and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085508479314).

Learn more about National MPMA and membership on the website at https://montfordpointmarines.org/.