Barren County Hosts Memorial Day Ceremony at Glasgow Municipal Cemetery - WNKY News 40 Television

Barren County hosts Memorial Day ceremony at Glasgow Municipal Cemetery - WNKY News 40 Television

GLASGOW, Ky. – At Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, the community gathers on Memorial Day to honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice fighting for our country. “We honor the brave men and women who sacrificed to serve our nation. They answered the call, leaving behind their loved ones, their dreams and their futures so that we might live in freedom and security. Their courage, dedication and unwavering commitment to the ideals of liberty are t…

Community honors veterans with Memorial Day services | NewsRadio 1230 AM/99.3 FM | Hopkinsville's News Leader | Hopkinsville, Kentucky

To spotlight and honor the sacrifices of military service members, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1913 hosted Memorial Day services at Riverside Cemetery and Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West on Monday. At the service hosted at Riverside Cemetery, Christian County Circuit Judge John Atkins was the keynote speaker and shared the significance of the day and highlighted people in his life who served in the military. Atkins says his father, Frank Atkin…

Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West hosting Memorial Day service

The holiday honoring service members who die in the line of duty was first observed as Decoration Day a few years after the Civil War.