Memorial Day service to be held

Memorial Day service to be held
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The New Philadelphia Veterans Coordinating Committee will conduct its annual Memorial Day service.

                        

The New Philadelphia Veterans Coordinating Committee will conduct its annual Memorial Day service on Monday, May 30, beginning at 11 a.m. on Court House Square in downtown New Philadelphia.

The New Philadelphia Veterans Coordinating Committee represents New Philadelphia’s three veterans service organizations — American Legion Post 139, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1445 and Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 857 — and is supported by the Tuscarawas County Veterans Service Office.

New Philadelphia Mayor Joel Day is the guest speaker.

The New Philadelphia High School Marching Quaker Band, under the direction of Jeff Furbay, will launch the program with the playing of the national anthem.

Welty Middle School students under the direction of Sharon Ricklic will demonstrate the proper folding of Old Glory, explaining the meaning of each fold. Welty students also will recite President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and Flanders Fields.

Student vocalists from the Delphian Chorale, under the direction of Kristi Prucha, will perform favorite patriotic songs.

Volleys and taps will be rendered in honor of all the members of the United States Armed Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of the nation. The three rifle volleys signify a service member’s devotion to duty, honor and country.

Taps, composed of just 24 notes, have come to symbolize all the sacrifices and hardships made and endured by all of America’s men and women in uniform, past and present.

The volleys will be rendered by veteran volunteers from New Philadelphia’s veterans service organizations while echo taps will be sounded by musicians from New Philadelphia High School Marching Quaker Band.

In the event of severe weather, the event will be canceled.


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