• North HillSide Photomerge

    Andersonville

    National Historic Site Georgia

POW/MIA Recognition Day

National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday in September. It honors those who were prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action. In 2012, National POW/MIA Recognition Day will be Friday, September 21st.

Each year the park sponsors a speaker for the Georgia Southwestern State University Convocation, the Wednesday before National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

The Ride Home
The park participates with Rolling Thunder in its annual Ride Home event in conjunction with National POW/MIA Recognition Day. For more information, please visit http://www.theridehome.com/

 
National POW/MIA Recognition Day poster image

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) produces a poster for National POW/MIA Recognition Day each year. They also host a page with more information about the presidentially proclaimed observance.

Did You Know?

Monument showing the Shield of the Grand Army of the Republic at the historic prison site

The site of Andersonville prison was owned by both the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman’s Relief Corp before being transferred to the federal government in 1910. The prison site was administered, along with Andersonville National Cemetery, by the Department of the Army until 1971.