(RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN) This extended Memorial Day Weekend is to remember the soldiers who gave the supreme sacrifice to the service of America! There will be commemorations to veterans throughout Rutherford County through Monday (Memorial Day).
Stones River Battlefield
9:00AM Saturday (5/28/2022) scouts will be placing American flags on the graves at the Stones River National Cemetery. 2552 Old Nashville Highway.
Sun. (May 29, 2022) 8:30AM Memorial Day service at the S .
The Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony in Smyrna featured the new location of the townâs memorial to its military personnel who died in combat.
The townâs memorial was moved to a broad expanse of lawn in Lee Victory Park near the Captain Jeff Kuss, USMC Memorial. The military memorial had been in a somewhat cramped spot in front of the Smyrna Town Hall.
More than 200 citizens and public officials gathered at the Kuss Memorial to hear the guest speaker, Middle Tennessee State Universityâs Lt. General Keith Huber, U.S. Army, Retired, speak about âremembrance and responsibility.â
âPrecious military families you are our heroes,â Huber said. âYou are the ones, as a spouse, or a child or a brother or a sister or a mother or a father, whose unconditional love and support allows us the privilege to serve our nation in uniform. Youâre the ones who struggle with the day-to-day events, trying to be both mother and father, and wondering if you w