The annual Memorial Day celebration takes place in Marion on Monday, May 28. The ceremony will begin at 10:30am at Marion Cemetery on Delaware Avenue. If you cannot make it out the cemetery, you can listen to live coverage on radio stations WDCM-FM 97.5 or WMRN-AM 1490.
The program for the ceremony will be as follows:
WELCOME………………………………………..…………Jack Decker
President Memorial and Veterans Assn
MASTER OF CEREMONIES………………………………Gary Cox
American Legion Post 584
POSTING OF COLORS…………………………………….Jack Decker
MSG US Army Retired
INVOCATION…………………………………..…….Pastor Doug Ford
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE………………………… Wendy Anders
Commander American Legion 162
NATIONAL ANTHEM………………………………Harding HS Band
FLANDERS FIELD………………………………………Trevor Jones
Harding High School
AMERICA ANSWER………………………………………..Addy Baird
Harding High School
LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS……………………………………………………Brett Hall
Harding High School
MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS………………………JOHN SHAMBRO
MSG US Air Force Retired
PLACING THE WREATH/MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT
Bill Schertzer – WWII
Forest Winfield – Korea
Tim Tyler – Vietnam
Alvin Somerlot – Persian Gulf
Wendy Anders – Global War on Terrorism
RIFLE SQUAD………………..Marion County United Veterans Council
TAPS AND ECHO……………………………Brent Hall & Addy Baird
BENEDICTION……………………………………….Pastor Doug Ford
RETIRE THE COLORS…………………………………. Jack Decker
Past Commander Army & Navy Union Garrison 137
MUSICAL SELECTION……………………Harding High School Band
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