Lawrence Mclintick places a flower on a memorial wreath.
| 117th Year, 43rd Issue | Thursday, June 1, 2006 | Sparta, North Carolina |
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Lawrence Mclintick places a flower on a memorial wreath.
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Members of the Bruce Wayne Osborne Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7034 held a brief Memorial Day service Sunday afternoon in front of the Alleghany Courthouse.
Post Commander Eldon Edwards addressed the crowd.
"On this day, forever consecrated to our heroic dead, we are assembled once again to express our sincere reverence," he said. "Our presence here is in solemn commemoration of all these men - an expression of our tribute to their devotion to duty, to their courage and patriotism. By their services on land, on sea and in the air, they have made us their debtors, for the flag of our nation still flies over a land of free people."
Veterans from Bruce Wayne Osborne Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.
7034 pay tribute to fallen comrades.
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After a prayer by Chaplain Earl Baker, a wreath was placed in front of the stone that represented the graves of the fallen servicemen and women in each branch of service.
Red, white and blue flowers were placed upon the wreath by the post's junior vice commander, comrade officer of the day and the president of the ladies auxiliary.
As a symbol of purity, the white flowers were placed on the wreath by
Junior Vice Commander Thomas Ham. Red flowers, a symbol of remembrance
of the fallen soldiers, were placed on the wreath by Comrade Officer of
the Day.
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