Memorial Day is a solemn day of remembrance for everyone who has died while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. Memorial Day falls on the last Monday of May each year. This year Memorial Day falls on Monday the 28TH of May.Please join with the Hilton Stone American Legion Post 279 and the Scouts of Cannon County, Troop 1180 (boy, girls, and cub scouts). They will place 144 American Flags around the Veterans Monument in front of our Courthouse on Friday evening May the 25th, and they will remain there until the evening of Monday evening the 28th which is the actual Memorial Day Observed.
Please remember those brave men and women who gave their lives for this great country and this wonderful freedom that we all enjoy today. AND, especially remember the 61 men who’s names are engraved on our Veterans Monument. These are our boys from Cannon County who gave their lives for our Country. As Brother Tom Nichols always said, “These were young men, 18, 19, 20, years of age. They never got to enjoy their families, their wives, their girlfriends, their children, or their grandchildren.” Please give honor to our Boys and all of the men and women who gave their lives for their country.
AND, remember that our young men and women today serving in our military forces have all signed a blank check payable to the United States of America in the amount of up to including their lives, in order to protect our wonderful country and our wonderful freedom. I encourage all of us remember those who gave their precious lives so that we can enjoy our freedom and this great country.
And, remember those men and women serving today, and especially those from Cannon County, and say THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. God Bless you, Cannon County, the great State of Tennessee, and the United States of America.
AND, when you remember these great heroes, also remember a famous saying from President John F. Kennedy, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”