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Flags, services to honor veterans
If family members or friends notice that a veteran's grave was missed, they can contact Bob Morrow, veterans' service officer, and he will see that a flag is placed at the grave site. Flags placed at each cemetery and markers for new graves are purchased with funds from the county memorial appropriation. Harry Bohannon Post 75 and VFW Post 9383 will honor veterans on Memorial Day, May 28, with wreaths, a 21-gun salute by a firing squad and taps, at local cemeteries. The group will meet at the VFW and American Legion at 8 a.m. Services will begin at 8:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Cemetery and then a service will be held approximately every 15 minutes at the following cemeteries: Masonic, Morning Heights (east of Delphi), Odd Fellows (north of Delphi), Hickory Grove, Yeoman, Pleasant Run and Pittsburg. Before going to Hickory Grove, the group will stop at the Carrollton Bridge and throw a wreath into the river to honor Navy veterans. The morning will end at 11 a.m. with a ceremony at the Carroll County Courthouse. Following the ceremony, refreshments and hotdogs will be furnished by the City of Delphi and Carroll County Commissioners. Camden Camden Legion Post 413 will leave the post at 7:30 a.m. Monday to conduct services at Wisler, Bostetter, Parks, Mullendore, Brown, Burrows, and Woodville cemeteries. The Legionnaires will return to the post around 9 a.m. for breakfast. Following breakfast, members will conduct services at Paint Creek, Deer Creek, UB, Musselman, Knettle, Wise and Nebo cemeteries. The legion and IOOF Lodge will have a joint service at IOOF Cemetery in Rockfield at 1 p.m., followed by a Legion service at 1:30 p.m. at the Camden Cemetery. At 2 p.m. there will be a carry-in lunch at the post for members of the Legion Auxiliary and their families. Flora American Legion Post 222 oversees the placement of flags at six sites: the memorial at Flora Community Park, and at Zion, Ball Hill, Beech Grove, Moss, and Maple Lawn cemeteries. Beech Grove Cemetery Memorial Day program will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Sharon Baptist Church. The public is welcome. The special service will honor the American veteran as well as family members and friends who are buried in the Beech Grove Cemetery. The program will include singing, hearing from veterans, the Gettysburg Address, and reminiscing. Burlington American Legion will hold Memorial Day services on Monday. The services will begin at Burlington Cemetery at 11 a.m., followed by Asbury Cemetery at 12 noon, and Mounds Cemetery at 1 p.m. |
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