“We have to respect our country and honor it, and especially honor the servicemen who were in the wars”, said Bina.
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The annual Memorial Day parade sponsored by the Hugo A. Simonelli Post 3263 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars is still on and scheduled to step off at 2 p.m.
Missoula is celebrating Memorial Day with events happening across the city to honor the men and women who gave their lives serving in the USA military.
The Honor Guard Association held a ceremony at the Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery in Institute Monday where over 150 worn American flags, West Virginia flags and military branch flags were discarded. It’s a Memorial Day tradition that’s been going on for 38 years.
The ceremony also commemorated nine status changes on the wall.
Richard Brennan, pastor of the Quinton Baptist Church, told the crowd that those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country “put themselves between us and those of evil intent”. “We have about 40,000 plots here and several of them are veterans”.
“I always get a lump in my throat because it’s meaningful and it’s probably the most haunting sad memory that’s ever been written”, Purvis said.
Two names will be added to the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (PVMM) for the first time in 13 years this Memorial Day.
Bands that performed were from Allen Park and Ecorse high schools, as well as the Plymouth Drum and Fife Band.
The Warminster Township Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony has been postponed to Saturday, June 4 due to the weather forecast.
World War II was declared in 1941 for Americans and following the end of that was the Korean War beginning in 1950.
“If you have any sense of history, you’d never do this”, Oscars said. That is an accomplishment-due to the Gulf War being a brief conflict, gathering large numbers of Desert Storm veterans in one place is a challenge, according to Roberts.
Tibbett said the service paid a special tribute to 21 soldiers who died in the Vietnam war to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the troops buildup in 1966.
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Stone and King both spoke on the sacrifice of America’s armed forces members, as well as the responsibility of today’s Americans to honor those sacrifices by holding tight to the values they died for.
