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Memorial Day Ceremony
Name: Memorial Day CeremonyDate: May 30, 2022Time: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CDT
Event Description:
Turnbow-Higgs American Legion Post and Auxiliary Unit 240 will conduct a Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 30 at 9:00 am at West End Cemetery (American Legion Veterans Field of Honor) located between Lillian and Harbin streets, south of East Washington near Tarleton campus. Location is best accessed via the Swan Street entrance to cemetery.
This annual event is open to the public. A limited number of metal folding chairs will be available and set-up in the shade of huge oak trees.
Master of Ceremony, Post 240 Chaplain, Matt Hallgarth, will begin service with an invocation followed by the hoisting and lowering of flag to the CD bugle call “To the Colors”, followed by the singing of our National Anthem by Henderson Jr. High School Choir led by Director Heather Smith.
Guest speaker will be Army Major Nathan Collier. Nathan, a Stephenville resident, played football for the Yellow Jackets graduating from SHS in 2003. After high school, Nathan attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated with the Class of 2007. His class has the distinction of being the first to fully begin the Academy’s admission process after the attacks on September 11, 2001. Nathan played as an offensive lineman and lettered for Army Football. Upon graduation with a degree in Engineering Management, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in Field Artillery. Nathan served on active duty for eight years including assignments to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Germany, and Hawaii. He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Nathan continues to serve as an engineer officer in the Texas Army National Guard. He is currently assigned to the 176th Engineer Brigade at Camp Mabry in Austin. Nathan has been activated for Hurricane Harvey, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Dallas civil disturbance.
Laying of wreath by guest speaker and Auxiliary Unit 240 President Martha Fredrickson followed by Post 240 Honor Guard Rifle Salute and Taps presented by Post 240 bugler will close the service. Limited seating will be available for this 30-minute program.
‘ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE MORE, SOME GAVE ALL’
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Beginning with Veterans Day 2006, the Secretary of Veteran Affairs urged Veterans to show their pride of service by wearing their medals on Veterans Day. He expressed the hope this display of military decorations, which he called the "Veterans Pride Initiative," would become a traditional part of Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day. Veterans are encouraged to wear their VSO garrison cap.