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CANCELED - 2021 MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM
PLACEMENT OF FLAGS TO CONTINUE
It is with the deepest regret we must cancel this year’s Memorial Day Program at the
West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery. The certainty of past COVID-19 deaths and
the potential impact of failed social distancing requires us to be mindful of the danger
of any size group gathering. At this writing, most of us are trying to be true to the
"social distancing and wearing of mask orders" because that is the only way to limit the
spread of this disease.
Every day we remember and respect our loved ones and other veterans and their
families for sacrifices they made for us every day. The delegated dates on a calendar
give us an opportunity to come together as a group to put on programs to remember
and respect our loved ones and other veterans and their families for sacrifices they
made for us. If we are unable to come together as a physical group on particular
dates, we can still remember and respect our loved ones and other veterans and
their families from our individual homes for sacrifices they made for us. Every aspect
of our efforts to present a program at the cemetery involves consideration for those
attending the program, those volunteers called upon to place the individual flags, and
to work the program to make it meaningful and heartfelt.
With a heavy heart, the prudent thing to do is to cancel this year’s Memorial Day
Program and have volunteers place and retrieve the individual flags while
observing social distancing and wearing a mask when required.
PLACEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL FLAGS - SATURDAY, MAY 29 - 8:00 a.m.
RETRIEVAL OF INDIVIDUAL FLAGS - SATURDAY, JUNE 5 - 8:00 a.m.
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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
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:
Master of Ceremonies
Joseph D. Kyles,
Retired Shelby County Coordinator for Veterans Services
National Anthem
Jim Cronk
Flyover
Bird Dog Flight
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
Guest Speaker
Major General Dexter Tutor, Retired
Veterans Day Music
Bartlett Community Band
Under the Direction of Dr. Rendle Millen
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
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Saturday, November 9th
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Begins at 8 AM
Flag Retrieval Day
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Tuesday, November 12th
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Begins at 7 AM
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Weather Permitting (Flags must be dry for storage)
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
May 31, 2021
12:00 Noon (Monday)
Flyovers
Bird Dog Flight
Stearman Flight
(one plane with smoke)
Taps
Sgt. Charly L. Wells, Sr, USMC Bugler
Dec. 14, 2019
11:00 AM (Saturday)
Ceremony
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West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery
All events are hosted by the West Tennessee Cemetery Support Group. Co-Hosted by the Boy and Girl Scouts of America.
West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery is a State of Tennessee run cemetery that opened in 1992. The director is Rodney Shaw and there are presently over 26,172 + graves. Veterans and their spouses are allowed to be buried at the cemetery. Golf carts will assist those unable to walk from the parking area to the program center.