White River Junction VA Medical Center’s Memorial Day ceremony will be a Facebook Live event on White River Junction VA Medical Center’s Facebook page. Chaplain Anthony Madu will offer remarks prior to laying the memorial wreath followed by the playing of TAPS by the White River Junction Navy Operational Support Center. 250 poppy flowers will be placed around the memorial in memory of Veterans and soldiers who have passed, donated by the White River Junction VA Employees Association and Lebanon American Legion. Musical selections will be played by the Lyme Town Band.
The White River Junction VA Healthcare System remembers those who have fallen on May 30th in honor of the original Decorations Day established on May 5, 1868, by Major General John A. Logan, the head of an organization of Union Veterans, as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war’s fallen soldiers with flowers. We encourage all who would like to watch, to please join us at 10:00AM on May 30th.