Jessica Koth | Daily Press Veterans groups and community leaders gathered Friday afternoon for POW/MIA Recognition Day program at the Delta County Veterans Memorial in Ludington Park. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. Since then, each subsequent president has issued an annual proclamation commemorating the third Friday in September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Above, veterans wave the flags of the flags of their organizations alongside the POW/MIA flag during the ceremony.

Jessica Koth | Daily Press

Veterans groups and community leaders gathered Friday afternoon for POW/MIA Recognition Day program at the Delta County Veterans Memorial in Ludington Park. National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter. Since then, each subsequent president has issued an annual proclamation commemorating the third Friday in September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Above, veterans wave the flags of the flags of their organizations alongside the POW/MIA flag during the ceremony.