May 27th, 2019

11:00 AM (Monday)

 

*Assistance is available to the pavilion if required.

 

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Today's Agenda:

• A US Flag is displayed on all 22,000+ Veteran graves

• Master of Ceremonies

  • Joseph D. Kyles, Retired Shelby County Coordinator for Veterans Services

• National Anthem

  • Deidra Tolliver

• Flyover

  • 49th Fighter Training Squadron - Columbus AFB, Mississippi

• Posting of Colors

  • US Naval Sea Cadets Corps, TN-BB43 - NSA MID SOUTH

• Pledge of Allegiance

  • All

• Invocation

  • Reverend Robert Clark, Jr. Calvary United Methodist Church

• Welcome/Remarks

  •  James Lindsey, Director West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery

• Remarks

  • James Lindsey, Director WTSVC, reading partial biography of Captain Robert Secher, U.S. Marine Corp., 2006 KIA

  • Ken Wells, Captain USAF, POW Vietnam, reading partial biography of Rodney D. Osborne, U.S. Army spec 5, 1971 KIA

  • James Lindsey, Director WTSVC, reading of names of known KIA at WTSVC

• Memorial Day Music

  • Bartlett Community Band Under the Direction of Mr. James Barns

• Remarks

  • Joseph D. Kyles, Retired Shelby County Coordinator for Veterans Services

• God Bless America

  • Deidra Tolliver

• 21 Gun Salute

  • Germantown Special Weapons & Tactics Team

• TAPS (Echo)

  • Sgt. Charly L. Wells, Sr, USMC Bugler

  • David Skelton (BCB) Trumpeter

• Missing Man Formation

  • ​Bird Dog Flight

• Retiring the Colors

  • US Naval Sea Cadets Corps TN-BB43 - NSA MID SOUTH

• Bagpiper 

  • Donnie Culver

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Flag Placement Day

May 25th, 2018, Saturday 8:00 AM

Boy Scouts,  Girl Scouts and other community groups will place American Flags on all 22,000+ graves.  There will be a short ceremony at the pavilion prior to flag placement.  Family and all friends are

invited.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO:

• 49th Fighter Training Squadron, Columbus AFB

• Flight Lead, Captain August Derosa 164th Airlift Wing Tennessee Air National Guard

• Bartlett Community Band

• Bird Dog Flight, Phil Free (lead) , Steve Stires, Mark Cardwell

• City of Germantown Fire Department

• City of Germantown Police Department

• City of Germantown Special Weapons & Tactics Team

• Local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts

• Deidra Tolliver

• Charly L. Wells, Sr.

• David Skelton

• Donnie Culver, Bagpiper

• Ladd's Golf Carts

• US Naval Sea Cadets Corps TN-BB43 - NSA MID SOUTH

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Program Presented by:

• West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Support Committee www.westtennesseeveterans.com

• Tennessee Department of Veterans Services

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Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering and honoring persons who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

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Nov 10, 2019

2:00 PM (Sunday)

 

Events

American Flags proudly displayed on all 22,000 Veterans Graves by Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America.

 

Today's Agenda:

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Master of Ceremonies

   Joseph D. Kyles,

   Retired Shelby County Coordinator for           Veterans Services

 

National Anthem

Jim Cronk

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Flyover
Bird Dog Flight

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Posting of Colors

US Naval Sea Cadets Corps

TN-BB43 - NSA MID SOUTH

 

Pledge of Allegiance

All

 

Invocation

Reverend Robert Clark, Jr.

Calvary United Methodist Church

 

Welcome/Remarks

James Lindsey, Director

West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery

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Guest Speaker

Major General Dexter Tutor, Retired

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Veterans Day Music

Bartlett Community Band

Under the Direction of Dr. Rendle Millen

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Remarks

Joseph D. Kyles,

Retired Shelby County Coordinator for Veterans Services

 

God Bless America

Jim Cronk

 

21 Gun Salute

Germantown Special Weapons & Tactics Team

 

TAPS

Sgt. Charly L. Wells, Sr, USMC Bugler

 

Retiring the Colors

US Naval Sea Cadets Corps

TN-BB43 - NSA MID SOUTH

 

Bagpipers 

Donnie Culver

Kenneth Hiner
Dr. Ben Kemker

 

Flag Placement Day

• Saturday, November 9th

• Begins at 8 AM

 

Flag Retrieval Day

• Tuesday, November 12th

• Begins at 7 AM

• Weather Permitting (Flags must be dry for storage)

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SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Bartlett Community Band 

City of Germantown Fire Department

City of Germantown Police Department

City of Germantown Special Weapons & Tactics Team 

164th Airlift Wing, TN Air Nat'l Guard

Local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts

Jim Cronk, Vocalist

Charly L. Wells, Sr., Bugler

Donnie Culver, Bagpiper

Kenneth Hiner, Bagpiper

Dr. Ben Kemker, Bagpiper

Jim Cronk, vocalist

Ladd’s Golf Carts

US Naval Sea Cadets Corps

TN-BB43 - NSA MID SOUTH

Bob Greenwald, Sound System

Kroger, Houston-Levee, Collierville donated cases of water

 

Program Presented by:

West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Support Committee

www.westtennesseeveterans.com and Tennessee Department of Veterans Services www.tn.gov.gov/veteran

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Dec. 15, 2019

11:00 AM (Saturday)

Ceremony

Veterans

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