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Vol 13 No 28
Memorial Day
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Flag bearers from VFW Post 2866 present the colors during a Veterans Day Tribute in St. Charles.
Memorial Day ceremonies seek to bring people to observances and vice versa By Shawn Clubb As Memorial Day weekend approaches, organizers across the area are planning ceremonies they hope will bring out folks to take time to remember the sacrifices made by our nation’s armed service members. Some have structured their gatherings to make it easy for those who served to attend and take part. Organizers of one ceremony in particular changed venues a couple of years ago to make the event more accessible. Anthony Smith, commander of Fort Bellefontaine American Legion Post 335 and an alderman with the city of Bellefontaine Neighbors, said the event used to be at Klein Park, where they would bring people by bus from the Missouri Veterans Home. He said not everybody could come by bus and it was a smaller venue. The ceremony now takes place at the Missouri Veterans Home. “We actually bring it to the veterans,” he said. “We get a huge crowd as compared to what we had in the past. Last year’s crowd was quite large. We’re going to add an extra tent this year so we will have enough room to accommodate everybody.”
If you’d like to attend an observance of Memorial Day, there are many taking place. O’Fallon A ceremony honoring the memory of the U.S. soldiers, sailors, Marines and pilots who died in service will be at 11am May 26 at O’Fallon Veterans Memorial Walk, 800 Veterans Memorial Parkway in O’Fallon. St. Charles The joint St. Charles City-County Memorial Day commemorative event will be at 1pm May 26 on the east lawn of the St. Charles County Historical Courthouse, 100 North Third Street in St. Charles. In the event of inclement weather, the program will be at the St. Charles County Administration Building, 201 N. Second St. Jerry Bradley, Marine Corps League Detachment 725, will be master of ceremonies. David Hodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2866, will serve as officer of the day. The event will feature welcome remarks by St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann and St. Charles City Mayor Sally Faith. Patriotic music will be provided by the St. Charles Municipal Band. The event will include a roll
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call of St. Charles City-County veterans who died during the past calendar year. There will be a wreath laying into the Missouri River initiated by Art Minor and Virgil “Whitey” Olendorff of Korean War Veterans Association Chapter 6. The program will finish with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 312’s Guard of Honor. See Memorial Day on page 2
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