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Memorial Day Ceremony on Mon. May 25
Americans have celebrated Memorial Day honoring American servicemen who have sacrificed their lives for our country every year since 1868.
A Memorial Day Ceremony will held Mon. May 25 beginning at 9 am at the Waco Rosemound Cemetery in the Veteran’s section where tents and chairs will be set up. Local musicians will provide inspirational patriotic music.
Ann Harder, Woodway resident, will open the ceremony singing the National Anthem. Ann is also known as the co-anchor of the local channel 25 news.
Silver Taps (sometimes called echo taps) will be played by Wacoan bugler Larry Perez who served the Army in the Vietnam War and also by bugler Bill Hall of Hewitt who served in the Air Force in the Korean War.
McGregor resident Danny Kohl who received a Purple Heart while serving in the Army in Vietnam will be the bagpiper.
Farrah Marie Burns, a Hewitt resident who works at the Waco Veterans Regional Office, will sing The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
This is a free community event sponsored by the McLennan County Veterans Association (MCVA). The cemetery is located at the end of 12th street. Take LaSalle east onto 12th and you’ll run into it. There is handicapped parking available.
This year the Green Berets will raise the American flag, the Marine Corps will provide a 21 gun salute, the Young Marines will post flags at Veteran graves. There will also be a live canon salute and a reading by MCVA board member Mike O’Bric, “That We Shall Never Forget”. Over 700,00 veterans have died after returning to the US following the Vietnam and Desert Storm Wars from Agent Orange and chemical poisoning.
Each year a different branch of the military is featured. This is the year of the Army. Next year 2010 will be the year of the Marines. In 2011, the Navy will be highlighted, followed by the Air Force in 2012 and the Coast Guard in 2013.
Other upcoming Veteran events with local musicians will be the POW Ceremony in Sept. at the Carleen Bright Arboretum in Woodway featuring the ‘Texas Country Gentlemen’ and the Veteran’s Parade in downtown Waco in Nov.
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