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Return to in-person Memorial Day ceremony comforts Richmond veteran: I wasn t going to miss out
Hundreds of people attended the Commonwealthâs Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond. It was the first in-person event at the memorial since the COVID-19 pandemic forced many events to go virtual in 2020.
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RICHMOND, Va. Hundreds of people attended the Commonwealthâs Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond. It was the first in-person event at the memorial since the COVID-19 pandemic forced many events to go virtual in 2020.
By ALI ROCKETT
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Brenda Reese May held in her lap a pillow that said âMy Son, My Heroâ as his name was read aloud during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial on Monday.
âDonald C. May Jr. killed in action in Iraq, from Richmond,â recited Clay Mountcastle, director of the memorial.
A bell tolled, signaling that the Marine staff sergeantâs name had been added to the memorialâs panels, which honor the approximately 12,000 Virginians who have died in wars ranging from World War II to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
âAs often is the case, the names are not the most recent losses to a war, but identities that were brought to our attention by families or friends during the year and that we were able to verify and finally add to their rightful place of remembrance,â Mountcastle said with a nod to May. âThese names are here now permanently. They will endure. Long after we are gone,
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