American Legion Davidson-Haltom Post 157 to host commemorative ceremony on Memorial Day

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MAY 15, 2025

American Legion Davidson-Haltom Post 157 to host commemorative ceremony on Memorial Day

HENDERSON, Tenn.—American Legion Davidson-Haltom Post 157 in Henderson will host a solemn commemorative ceremony on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26th, beginning at 11 AM in the Council Chambers on the 2 nd floor of Henderson City Hall in Henderson, TN held annually to honor all military veterans who willingly made the Supreme Sacrifice to safeguard the United States of America. The public is encouraged to attend the approximately one-hour ceremony.

This year’s commemoration titled “The American Revolution: The enormous price paid 1775 – 1783” specifically remembers the horrendous cost in Colonial America lives and treasure to gain our freedom 250 years ago. Highlights of the commemoration include fifes and drums and patriotic songs from Colonial times, the portrayal of Colonial soldier, Private Medlin, by his descendent, retired Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Larry Newsom, and the portrayal of a 13-year girl trying to survive in Colonial times by Miss Alyvia Baxter, the President of the Tennessee chapter of the “Children of the Revolution.”

As is the custom nationwide, the American flag displayed outside Henderson City Hall will be raised from half-staff to full staff at 12 noon with a brief ceremony. Memorial Day ceremonies began soon after the American Civil War and were called Decoration Day until 1971. The ceremonies grew to encompass all our nation’s wars and to honor the 3 million men and women, known to have given their lives or were wounded during these conflicts and to also recognize the 590, 687 POWs and the 81,800 service members still listed as Missing in Action (MIA).

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