Taps echoed through the rafters at St. Peter on the Prairie and descended into silent remembrance on Sunday afternoon as a small group gathered for a Memorial Remembrance Program.
With prayer led by Jim Iverson, retired administrator from Bethel Lutheran Home, and a presentation by Danny Frisby-Griffin, retired U.S. Air Force officer, the program also included a time for sharing memories of the former church and an update on the cemetery. Joel Brick provided special music.
Frisby-Griffin began his remarks by speaking of the history of Memorial Day, which has its roots in the years immediately following the Civil War. The head of an organization of Union veterans established a day near the end of May for decorating the graves of the war dead with flowers.