Cowetans gathered last Friday at Veterans Memorial Park to honor former prisoners of war and soldiers who are missing in action.

The annual POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony was held Sept. 19.

POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed annually on the third Friday of September. The day was established by Congress in 1998.

In 1990, Congress recognized the POW/MIA flag. The flag is required to be flown on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day and Veterans Day. It must be flown below the national flag and above any state flag.

The ceremony opened with an invocation by G.D. Hendrix, which was followed by a proclamations read by Newnan Mayor Keith Brady and Coweta Commissioner John Reidelbach, declaring the day POW/MIA Recognition Day in the ci

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