Memorial Day service at Garden Point
Monday, June 1, 2015
Photos by Revis Blaylock
A Memorial Day Service was held at Garden Point Cemetery with Rep. Dave Wallace as guest speaker.
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Garden Point Cemetery monuments.
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Etowah Mayor Bo McCollum presents plaque.
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Clare Lee Sisco Hill remembered her brother, Joe Sisco, World War II Veteran.
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Rivercrest ROTC salutes the flag.
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Vivian Jane McMechen sang the National Anthem.
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Memorial Day at Garden Point Cemetery.
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Rivercrest ROTC did the honors of raising the flag.
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Riverside ROTC raises the flag.
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The cake was red, white and blue.
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Flag pins and bracelets were distributed to the guests.
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Sisters, WO1 Jessica McCormick, and HN Jamie McCormick, came home to take part in the Memorial Day Ceremony. Also pictured is Ricky Griggs. Mr. Griggs placed the flags on the Veteran's gravesites.
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Rep. Dave Wallace was the guests speaker sharing his thoughts on the price of freedom.
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A salute to the veterans.
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Mayor Bo McCollum presented a plaque to Mississippi County Sheriff Dale Cook.
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McCormick sisters participate in the laying of the wreath ceremony.
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A 21 gun salute followed by TAPS concluded the ceremony.