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Our annual Memorial Day ceremony pays tribute to the fallen men and women who gave their lives in service to our Nation. https://vimeo.com/event/2144981 [caption id="attachment_33717" align="alignright" width="232"] Cindy Parsons[/caption] Join us as welcome guest speaker Cindy Parsons who credits her son, United States Army Sergeant Shane Parsons, as her inspiration to do more with life. While deployed in Iraq in 2006, Shane’s convoy was hit with an improvised explosive device. Shane suffered catastrophic injuries that included multiple cardiac arrests, a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), a severed left leg, and an amputation of his right leg. His mother, Cindy, left her job as...

February 25th, 2025

Our annual Memorial Day ceremony pays tribute to the fallen men and women who gave their lives in service to our Nation. https://vimeo.com/event/2144981 Free admission until noon. Guided tours begin at 1PM. Please bring your own chair. No food in plaza. No pets (service animals welcome)....

October 14th, 2024

Join us for our annual Memorial Day ceremony, paying tribute to the fallen men and women who gave their lives in service to our Nation. https://vimeo.com/event/2144981 This year, the Memorial Foundation will honor the memories of three heroes of D-Day with the inclusion of their names on the Memorial's Necrology Wall; John Norbert "Jack" Murphy, Harvey Edgar Jones, and Richard N. Hoag. The Foundation's research team determined each died on June 6, 1944, during the Allied invasion of Normandy. Guest readers will share their individual stories of heroism and sacrifice during the ceremony.     View the Fallen Soldier Battle Cross display on the Memorial's...

January 4th, 2024

https://vimeo.com/769959994 Keynote Speaker Rear Adm. Michael J. Steffen and Special Guest Virginia Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears   [caption id="attachment_29766" align="alignright" width="240"] Rear Adm. Michael J. Steffen[/caption] Keynote speaker Rear Adm. Michael J. Steffen is a native of Bedford, Virginia, and a 1992 graduate of Virginia Tech. He was commissioned through the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets in conjunction with the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program and designated a naval aviator in 1994. He also holds a Master of Science in Global Business Leadership from the University of San Diego. His sea duty tours include serving with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS-4) “Black Knights”, deploying twice...

January 18th, 2023