Dear Comrades,

We would love to add to your Memorial Day Edition if possible? Members of Ernest Simmons VFW Post 6722 and Auxiliary were accompanied by students from the Harnett Central Middle School and Junior Beta Club in placing flags on the graves of veterans ahead of the Memorial Day holiday at Westview Memorial Gardens in partnership with O’Quinn-Peebles-Phillips Funeral Home. The student leaders assisted with this honorable tradition and marked the first occasion where our VFW Post and Auxiliary along with Junior Beta students placed flags at Westview Memorial Gardens and we look forward to keeping this tradition in the future. Comrade Ernie Byrd shared his expertise and experience in Flag etiquette perfected as a past NCOIC of the Kennedy Grave Site at Arlington National Cemetery after returning home from Vietnam. 

What an honor to have been included in this tradition paying respects to our fallen comrades in arms across all service branches. Veteran graves from every conflict from WWI to the Global War on Terror are present at Westview Memorial Gardens standing in silent respect and honoring our nation’s  service men and women who have helped keep our nation free. A special thank you to Josefa Meek and Logan Johnson of O’Quinn-Peebles-Phillips Funeral Home who made this day possible by identifying the importance and the need to honor our veterans service. Thank you Mrs. Hardy from Harnett Central Middle School and the Junior Beta Club for helping honor our veterans. 

 

 

Stephen M. Gardner