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Events Calendar: May 2025 Fred E. Hayes Post 57 Events: May 2025

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Battle of Manila Bay (1898)

  • Location:
    Manila Bay, Philippines
  • Date:
    Thursday, May 1, 2025
Rear Admiral George Dewey's American Asiatic Squadron destroys Spanish Pacific Squadron in the Battle of Manila Bay.

U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal (1905)

  • Location:
    Panama
  • Date:
    Sunday, May 4, 2025
Tmarks the official beginning of the second attempt to build the Panama Canal. This second attempt to bridge the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans will succeed.

Cinco de Mayo

  • Location:
    Mexico
  • Date:
    Monday, May 5, 2025
Minor holiday in Mexico celebrates the 1862 victory of Mexican army over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War.

French Defeated at Dien Bien Phu (1954)

  • Location:
    Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam
  • Date:
    Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Minh forces decisively defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu, a French stronghold besieged by the Vietnamese communists for 57 days.

Germany Surrenders Unconditionally (1945)

  • Location:
    Reims, France
  • Date:
    Wednesday, May 7, 2025
The German High Command, in the person of General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northeastern France.

German Sub Sinks Lusitania (1915)

  • Location:
    South Coast of Ireland
  • Date:
    Wednesday, May 7, 2025
The British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. 1,198 people drowned, including 128 Americans.

V-E Day Celebrated (1945)

  • Location:
    U.S. and Europe
  • Date:
    Thursday, May 8, 2025
On May 8, 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, rejoice in the end of war.

Transcontinental Railroad Completed (1869)

  • Location:
    Promontory, Utah
  • Date:
    Saturday, May 10, 2025
The presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads.

U.S. Declares War with Mexico (1846)

  • Location:
    United States
  • Date:
    Tuesday, May 13, 2025
The U.S. Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of President James K. Polk’s request to declare war on Mexico in a dispute over Texas.

Jamestown Settlers Arrive (1607)

  • Location:
    Virginia
  • Date:
    Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Some 100 English colonists arrive along the east bank of the James River in Virginia to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Lewis and Clark depart to explore the Northwest (1804)

  • Location:
    United States
  • Date:
    Wednesday, May 14, 2025
One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi to the Pacific

POST MEETING

  • Location:
    Grandview Community Center
  • Date:
    Thursday, May 15, 2025
  • Time:
    7:00 PM
  • Duration:
    1.5 Hours
  • Contact:
    Jim Davidson at (509) 882-1984

RegularPost Meeting held both in person at by teleconference. Agendas emailed to the membership one to two daays before the meeting.

Memphis Belle Flies 25th Mission (1943)

  • Location:
    Britain
  • Date:
    Saturday, May 17, 2025
On May 17, 1943, the crew of the Memphis Belle, one of a group of American bombers based in Britain, becomes the first B-17 crew to complete 25 missions over Europe.

American Red Cross Formed (1881)

  • Location:
    Washington D.C.
  • Date:
    Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Humanitarians Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons found the American National Red Cross, an organization established to provide humanitarian aid to victims of wars and natural disasters.

"Flags In"

  • Location:
    Grandview Cemetery
  • Date:
    Saturday, May 24, 2025
  • Time:
    8:00 AM
  • Duration:
    1.5 Hours
  • Contact:
    Jim Davidson at (509) 882-1984

Place flags on the graves of veterans buiried at the cemetery.

Memorial Day Ceremony

  • Location:
    Grandview Cemetery
  • Date:
    Monday, May 26, 2025
  • Time:
    11:00 AM
  • Duration:
    1 Hour
  • Contact:
    Jim Davidson at (509) 882-1984

Memorial Day ceremony at the stage by the flag pole.

"Flags-Out"

  • Location:
    Grandview Cemetery
  • Date:
    Monday, May 26, 2025
  • Time:
    6:00 PM
  • Duration:
    1 Hour
  • Contact:
    Jim Davidson at (509) 882-1984

Remove flags from graves, inspect a prepare for storage.