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Midnight Piper performs Amazing Grace at Olmsted County Government Center for National Law Enforcement Memorial Day
The event is to kickoff National Law Enforcement Day and honors the fallen officers and survivor families and friends. It s the first year the Midnight Piper has taken place in Rochester. 6:00 am, May 15, 2021 ×
Steve Franks performs Amazing Grace on bagpipes at midnight on Friday, May 14, 2021, outside the city-county Government Center in Rochester in honor of Law Enforcement Memorial Day, which is May 15. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)
Former Rochester Police Sergeant Steve Franks stood underneath the flags at the Olmsted County Government Center, dressed in a kilt and holding a bagpipe in his arms to perform Amazing Grace at midnight.
The Tradition of the Midnight Piper Comes to Rochester
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Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A somber ceremony took place last night outside the Government Center in downtown Rochester.
For the first time, the Midnight Piper made an appearance in Rochester to mark the start of National Law Enforcement Day.
Retired Rochester Police Sergeant Steve Franks, dressed in a ceremonial kilt, played Amazing Grace to an audience of law enforcement officers and a few citizens at the stroke of midnight. The event took place next to the flagpoles in front of the Rochester/Olmsted County Law Enforcement Center.