Pike County Veterans Service Officer Bob Williams reports that a Memorial Day ceremony will be held at the War Memorial located on the Pike County Courthouse square Monday, May 26, starting at 10 a.m. The event will last approximately one hour.
Williams encourages all veterans, residents, and visitors of Pike County to take this opportunity by gathering as Americans to honor and remember the men and women throughout the history of this great Nation who “Gave Their All” to purchase and preserve our Nation’s freedoms.
The event will honor the 78 Pike County residents who lost their lives in combat from WW-I, WW-II, Korea, and Vietnam. We will unite in spirit on this day with others not only across our Nation, but on battlefields and cemeteries in other countries where American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines lost their lives and their remains were never returned home.
“I don’t believe this is asking too much”, said Williams. “This solemn day was established specifically for this purpose, and as an American, we should feel a sense of deep gratitude for those who purchased our freedoms, and contrary to what you may think, FREEDOM ISN’T FREE… it was purchased with the precious blood of someone’s son, daughter, husband, father and mother!”
Pike County will be highlighting one of our WW-II veterans who became a POW and never returned home to Pike County. The Honorary Wreath will be placed by his relative. The county 4H group will be providing lunch following the ceremony. Set aside an hour out of your day to join with millions of Americans in a Spirit of Remembrance.
