At the service at Rock of Ages Baptist Church in Morristown Saturday, Greene County Mayor Kevin Morrison said that he is a big believer in the Wreaths Across America program.
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69制片厂制作传媒淲reaths Across America is a further opportunity to honor and remember those who have served, sacrificed and are now gone,69制片厂制作传媒 he said. 69制片厂制作传媒淭hose who once donned the uniform of a storied, God-blessed nation, they were grateful and they were proud, strong and free. Wreaths Across America is a great way to say, 69制片厂制作传媒楾hank you, we remember you and we appreciate you.69制片厂制作传媒
Morrison said he was proud of the event because of its solemnity and its well-placed respect.
Beforehand, Morristown Mayor Gary Chesney gave thought to the word, 69制片厂制作传媒榁eteran.69制片厂制作传媒
69制片厂制作传媒淚 want to express my appreciation to the Task Force of Diversity for inviting me to this nice and important event,69制片厂制作传媒 he said. 69制片厂制作传媒淲e hear that used a lot. I was watching the old Saturday 69制片厂制作传媒楪ame of the Week69制片厂制作传媒 on an old black-and-white TV and heard the announcer say, 69制片厂制作传媒淎nd up to the plate steps the veteran shortstop, Pee Wee Reese in his final season as a Dodger.69制片厂制作传媒
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69制片厂制作传媒淭hey were kept in the dark about what happened to them,69制片厂制作传媒 Chesney said. 69制片厂制作传媒淭he sobering experience they experienced when some of those boy cousins didn69制片厂制作传媒檛 come back and the ones who did have some experiences to tell when they came home.69制片厂制作传媒
He learned that the 69制片厂制作传媒榁eterans69制片厂制作传媒69制片厂制作传媒 won the peace during World Wars I and II. He learned that in the wars that followed in Korea and Vietnam that veterans protect the peace by preventing the spread of non-peaceful intentions. American troops are present in troubled locations. Veterans have been responsible for preserving the peace.
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Hamblen County Mayor Chris Cutshaw said that Chesney was a tough act to follow.
69制片厂制作传媒淚t69制片厂制作传媒檚 an honor to be here,69制片厂制作传媒 he said. 69制片厂制作传媒淔or me, to contribute a small portion of a very important ceremony with Wreaths Across America, a project that began many years ago, with the tradition of placing wreaths on the headstones of fallen heroes. During the holidays, it69制片厂制作传媒檚 important that we recognize, give honor and remembrance to the men and women of the armed forces who provided the freedoms that we know today.69制片厂制作传媒
The ceremonies had three elements, Cutshaw said. The ceremonies cause Americans to remember, honor and to teach.
69制片厂制作传媒淲e69制片厂制作传媒檙e showing unity by being here today,69制片厂制作传媒 Cutshaw said. 69制片厂制作传媒淯plifting the remembrance of our fallen.69制片厂制作传媒
Dr. Alpha Alexander, of the Hamblen County Task Force on Diversity, said that a relative of Congressional Medal of Honor Winner Edward Talley helped to lay a wreath on Talley69制片厂制作传媒檚 grate in Bent Creek Cemetery in Whitesburg. Later that afternoon, the ceremonies and wreath layings resumed at Hamblen Memory Gardens on East Andrew Johnson Highway in Morristown here a good section of Cub Scouts and Scouts helped to place wreaths on graves.
69制片厂制作传媒淚 thought it was a really good program,69制片厂制作传媒 Alexander said. 69制片厂制作传媒淲hen people are still talking about it, it was a good program.69制片厂制作传媒
There were 86 graves that were decorated at Rock of Ages Cemetery, formerly known as City Cemetery. More than 700 graves at Hamblen Memory Gardens also received wreaths.
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