Memorial Day Full Write Up-

This short write-up will be accompanied by a number of photographs, some on this page and others not, on the Wednesday (May 27th) Issue of the Advertiser.

Local effort to make Memorial Day memorable
By Kathleen Brown
For the Advertiser



The solemn chords of “Taps” filled the Clinton square as almost 200 people paid tribute to the fallen soldiers of World War II on Friday morning.

The American Legion Auxiliary 56, the VFW Auxiliary Post 5932, and the City of Clinton organized the service to specifically honor the county’s World War II veterans as well as veterans of all other wars.

Veterans from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam were all in attendance at the service to acknowledge the laying of the wreaths on Clinton’s Veterans Tribute memorial.

“Memorial Day is not just about grief,” said Norman Pigeon during his speech, “It is about being uplifted by the service of these citizens of the highest order.”

Red, white and blue flags and paper poppies were in abundance around the county as early as Friday morning in recognition of the Memorial Day weekend.


Members of the Laurens Ladies Auxiliary and the VFW Post 3354 braved the sun on Friday afternoon to decorate the graves of the deceased veterans in the Forest Lawn cemeteries with flags, as well as others around the city.




“We do this every year,” said Sylvene Wilkie. Bearing hundreds of American flags and a power drill, the Ladies Auxiliary made sure that no veteran’s grave was left unadorned.