American Legion, VFW Memorial Day Ceremony Set at Oakwood Cemetery
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
The annual John C. Peterson Warsaw American Legion Post 49 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1126 Memorial Day services will be May 27 in Warsaw. The ceremony will begin at 10:55 a.m. at Oakwood Cemetery. The color guard, firing squad, and other organizational units will form in front of the cemetery sexton’s office and begin marching to the amphitheater at 10:55 a.m. A program will be at Oakwood Cemetery band stand. Special music will be provided by the Kosciusko County Extension Choir, and Post 49 and Post 1126 members will post the colors. Roy Bradbury, Post 49 commander, will provide opening remarks, and Tom Everett, chaplain for both posts, will provide the invocation. Ken Locke, Salvation Army director, will provide the Memorial Day address. Mike Davis, Post 49 adjutant, and Larry Criswell, Post 1126 quartermaster, will provide a roll call of deceased veterans. Dick Dobbins and Tom Everett will retire the flag. Everett will provide the benediction and combined color guards will retire the colors. After the colors have been retired, the program will proceed to the Gar Circle and Legion Circle 2 where a presentation of a wreath will be placed on legion circle 2 by Bradbury and Auxiliary President Cindy Peters. Taps will follow the presentation. The program will be concluded at legion circles 1 and 3. A carry-in dinner at Post 49 will follow the program.
