American Legion Henry G. Fix Post 23 is proud to have sponsored the Garretson Independence Day Fireworks for the last 60 plus years. We are deeply saddened that the City of Garretson has chosen to dissolve our partnership, and we no longer will be involved with the fireworks program.
First, the Post would like to offer a sincere THANK YOU to the Garretson Community for supporting us over the last 60 years of our fireworks presentations. We cherish our relationship with the people of Garretson and will continue our many programs that support the community. We are honored by the overwhelming support we receive and cannot say THANK YOU enough. Post 23 is exploring and planning other ways to celebrate the 4th of July in the future.
Holding the fireworks on the 4th of July is very important to the American Legion. With a few exceptions, Post 23 has conducted the fireworks on July 4th as many towns nationwide and in South Dakota do. It is a fitting event to celebrate the birth of our Nation. Following our request at the July City Council meeting to hold the fireworks on July 4th in the future, the City chose to dissolve our partnership.
Recent comments at the August City Council meeting are inaccurate and are not supported by the agreement we had with the City dated November 9th 2021. None of the issues raised at the meeting were raised to the American Legion prior to the August City Council meeting. None of these issues were cited in the letter dated 12 July 2023 terminating our partnership with the City.
Again, thank you to the community for all the years of support. The Post and membership will continue to support the Garretson Community as we always have.
V/R
Henry G. Fix Post 23
American Legion
Garretson, SD
