The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office held its 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony last Friday at the 9/11 Memorial at the Sheriff’s Office in Murfreesboro with Col. Mark Tyndall of the Tennessee Army
The Smyrna Christmas Parade rolled through the town’s streets on Sunday, Dec. 5 for the 46th time and also collected donations for the Nourish Food Bank. The event was not
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