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Pick up Saturday, January 21, 9 am
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Recommend gloves, sunglasses/safety glasses, and a long pole such as a yard rake to enable carrying multiple wreaths at once to the roadside.
Please take extreme care to not harm headstones.
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Honoring All Veterans
May 31, 2021
(Monday)
West Tennessee
Veterans Cemetery
4000 Forest Hill Irene Rd, Memphis, TN 38125
Office hours – M-F 8:00am- 4:30pm
Our gates are open 24/7
Rodney Shaw Director #901-543-7005
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. -Laurance Binyon, Poems for the Fallen
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Flag Placement Day
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Saturday, May 28th
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Begins at 8 a.m.
We are excited to announce we will have a full ceremony this year for Memorial Day!
Master of Ceremonies
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Joseph D Kyles, Retired Shelby County Coordinator for Veterans Services
11:00 AM
National Anthem
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Lonnie Coleman
Flyover
Bird Dog Flight
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Phil Free
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Brian Flax
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Steve Stires
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Mark Cardwell
Stearman Flight
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Julie Thomas
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Howard Thomas
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Ben Thomas
Posting of Colors
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164th Airlift Wing
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Fayette-Ware High School Navy JROTC
Pledge of Allegiance
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All
Invocation
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Reverend Robert Clark, Jr. Calvary United Methodist Church
Welcome/Remarks
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Rodney Shaw, Director West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery
Guest Speaker
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Retired Brigadier General Harry D. Montgomery Jr.
Memorial Day Music
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Bartlett Community Band under the direction of Dr. Rhendle Millen
God Bless America
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All
21 Gun Salute
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Germantown Police Honor Guard
Taps
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Sgt. Charly L Wells, Sr., USMC Bugle
Missing Man Formation
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Bird Dog Flight
Retiring the Colors
Flag Retrieval Day
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Saturday, June 4th
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Begins at 8 a.m.
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Weather Permitting
(Flags must be dry for storage)
Flag Placement Day
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Saturday, November 5th
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Begins at 8 a.m.
Nov. 11, 2022
(Friday)
Begins at 2:00 PM
Memorial Day
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Veterans Day
May 30, 2022
(Monday)
Begins at 11:00 AM
West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery will be the only cemetery with flags displayed on every grave
Master of Ceremonies
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Joseph D Kyles, Retired Shelby County Coordinator for Veterans Services
2:00 PM
National Anthem
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Lonnie Coleman
Flyover
Blackhawk Helicopter
AASF#3/B Co. 1-23th AHB
CPT Cody Baker
CW2 Daniel Weaver
SGT Josh Travis
Posting of Colors
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Fayette-Ware High School Navy JROTC
Pledge of Allegiance
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All
Invocation
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Reverend Robert Clark, Jr. Piperton United Methodist Church
Welcome/Remarks
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Rodney Shaw, Director West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery
Guest Speaker
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Major General Tommy H. Baker, US Army (Ret.) Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Veterans Services
Veterans Day Music
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Bartlett Community Band under the direction of Dr. Rhendle Millen
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Bagpipes: Ben Kemker
Armed Forces Medley
God Bless America
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All
21 Gun Salute
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Germantown Police Honor Guard
Taps
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Sgt. Charly L Wells, Sr., USMC Bugle
Retiring the Colors
Flag Retrieval Day
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Saturday, November 12th
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Begins at 8 a.m.
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Weather Permitting
(Flags must be dry for storage)
Dec. 17, 2022
(Saturday)
Begins at 11:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremony
Placement of Wreaths
Veterans
Grave Locator
