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  • Celebrate The Start Of The School Year With Community Wellness Event

    Tim Tharp|Aug 21, 2024

    The Richland County Health Department, in partnership with the Richland County Superintendent of Schools and the Boys & Girls Club of Richland, is excited to invite you to the first event in the “Prioritizing School and Community Wellness Series.” This initiative is offered through a scholarship from School Service of Montana’s Montana Safe and Healthy Schools Project, supported by a “STOP School Violence” grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Mark your calendars for August 28th from 6-8 pm and join us at the Richland Boys & Gi...

  • Flags Of Honor Program in Sidney Memorial Day

    Tim Tharp|May 24, 2023

    Sidney is home to a unique program called "The Flags of Honor" which originated in 1965. This program originally began as a community effort with members of 13 civic organizations who made the decision to ask members of the community to donate any casket flags from deceased veterans. The organizers were able to obtain 83 flags for the first Memorial Day parade in 1966. Materials and labor were donated to make bins for the flags, agate name plates, flag poles, and people willing to be caretakers...

  • Sidney's Memorial Day Program

    Tim Tharp|May 17, 2023

    Sidney is home to a unique program called “The Flags of Honor” which originated in 1965. This program originally began as a community effort with members of 13 civic organizations who made the decision to ask members of the community to donate any casket flags from deceased veterans. The organizers were able to obtain 83 flags for the first Memorial Day parade in 1966. Materials and labor were donated to make bins for the flags, agate name plates, flag poles, and people willing to be caretakers of the flags. On Memorial Day the flags were dis...

  • The Flags Of Honor Sidney

    Tim Tharp|May 25, 2022

    Sidney is home to a unique program called “The Flags of Honor” which originated in 1965. This program originally began as a community effort with members of 13 civic organizations who made the decision to ask members of the community to donate any casket flags from deceased veterans. The organizers were able to obtain 83 flags for the first Memorial Day parade in 1966. Materials and labor were donated to make bins for the flags, agate name plates, flag poles, and people willing to be caretakers of the flags. On Memorial Day the flags were dis...