Griffin and Spalding County Memorial Day honors our Veterans and presents a new Monument to those lost in the War on Terror.

During the Griffin Spalding County Memorial Day program at Veterans Park on West Taylor Street Monday, the new Monument for those individuals killed in the war on terror was dedicated. The service also included honoring of families that dedicated casket flags of their family veterans be displayed and added to those on display each year at Veterans park ceremonies. Also special songs were presented by Sylvia Hollums and Eric Moye. Colonel Alan Imes was honored with the new podium used at the ceremonies named in his honor. BG (R) David Otto was maser of ceremonies for the program. The dedication of the new Monument for those liked in the war on terror was presented by 1SG (R) E-8 Ricky Todd. Also assisting the ceremony were members of the ROTC unit at Griffin High School, the US Air Force sponsored Civil Air patrol Cadets. The Marine Corps reserve unit also fire a volley for the dedication of those on the War On Terror Monument. Colonel Otto also thanked Haisten McCullough Funeral Home for their donation that made a new building possible to house the veterans casket flags that are used each year.

WKEU news broadcast the event on AM 1450, and Georgia Public Radio The Rock 889.FM. We talked with some of the attendees following the ceremony. They said related it was one of the most moving Memorial Day events in recent memory.

WKEU’s Bill Taylor Lieutenant Colonel Retired said we were honored to broadcast the vent for the families of veterans that were unable to attend the event on Memorial Day. And we urge everyone to never forget the price of freedom that this Nation’s veterans have paid for all of us. As Colonel Imes said during the program “Far over a million service members have paid the ultimate price for our freedoms, and our Constitution as our fore fathers had intended. From the Revolutionary war to present. NOT including those that are still carried as lost in action.

Tonight as you go to sleep remember a small prayer for those veterans both living and dead that have paid the price for you to be safe in your homes with the freedom to worship as you please and raise your family in the most wonderful place on earth the United States of America. A real gift of God and those veterans may of which you will never know.