KAUFMAN, Texas – With a light rain falling, hundreds of people from Kaufman County joined together at the Kaufman County Veterans' Memorial park for a Memorial Day ceremony on May 26, 2014, to remember the men and women who died while serving in the United States armed forces.
KAUFMAN, Texas – With a light rain falling, hundreds of people from Kaufman County joined together at the Kaufman County Veterans' Memorial park for a Memorial Day ceremony on May 26, 2014, to remember the men and women who died while serving in the United States armed forces.
The ceremony took place in front of the Vietnam Memorial Wall of Texas – a four-fifths replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. The Kaufman VFW Honor Guard, with their guns pointed to the rain and cloud filled sky, fired a 21-gun salute after the playing of the taps by the O.P. Norman Junior High School band.
Retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mike Notley served as the ceremony's guest speaker. “Today in Kaufman we remember the fathers, sons, brothers, mothers, daughters, and sisters who died serving our country,” he said. “Their deaths remind us of the price we pay for freedom.”
The American Legion Color Guard posted and retired the colors for the ceremony.
