The city of Santa Clarita’s Hometown Heroes Military Banner Program, designed to honor current Santa Clarita veterans, is accepting orders for banners that will be installed for Memorial Day.

In order to have a banner installed in honor of Memorial Day, banners for actively-serving military members from the Santa Clarita Valley must be ordered by Monday, May 9, 2016.

The city is also accepting banner applications for the Fourth of July and Veteran’s Day holidays.

The Hometown Heroes Military Banner Program offers local friends and families of actively-serving military members an opportunity to have one street light pole banner hung along a major thoroughfare in one of Santa Clarita’s communities, including Canyon Country, Valencia, Saugus and Newhall.

Each banner features the military member’s photograph, name, rank and branch of the military they serve.

To qualify, banner honorees must be active duty military personnel in the United States Armed Forces; they must be a current Santa Clarita resident, or an immediate family member of a current Santa Clarita resident and must have lived in the Santa Clarita Valley at some point.

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“I’m very excited about this program which will honor our currently-serving military,” said Mayor Bob Kellar. “The community has really come together for this program, providing donations to help underwrite the cost of the banners for those in need. This is a great way to pay homage to those who are serving our country.”

As an ongoing program, Hometown Heroes Military banner orders will be accepted at any time. Banners can be purchased by individuals, family members or organizations.

Order forms can be found here.   

For more information about the Hometown Heroes Military Banner Program, contact Communications Manager Gail Morgan at (661) 255-4314 or by email.  
Ed. Note: This is a news release provided by the city of Santa Clarita.