Susan at the Decatur Preservation Alliance forwards this announcement…

You are invited to the annual Veterans Day Memorial Service next Wednesday, November 11, at 11 a.m. in Decatur Cemetery presented by Friends of Decatur Cemetery (FODC) and Harold Byrd American Legion Post 66. The service will take place in front of the American Legion Memorial at the Bell Street entrance to the cemetery off Commerce Drive.

Volunteers from FODC, a project of Decatur Preservation Alliance (DPA), have worked for months to identify the more than 700 veterans’ graves in the cemetery. Because of their efforts and due to a generous grant from The Elder and Disability Law Firm of Victoria L. Collier, PC, U.S. flags will be placed on these graves prior to the service – a first for Decatur Cemetery.

David Crenshaw, DPA board member is chair of FODC, which has as its mission to preserve, maintain, and improve the cemetery as an historic and cultural resource. DPA acknowledges the incredible efforts of Nancie Sill and Amy Weaver of FODC in making this Veterans Day project a reality. We also thank the many volunteers, including Boy Scouts, who will place the flags prior to the service and remove them the following week.