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Local Memorial Day event draws hundreds
Speaker Marvin Grimm honors US heroes, the 'Ragged Old Flag'
W 052917 MEMORIAL DAY 01
Keynote speaker Marvin Grimm gives an account of what the flag means to him after reading the lyrics to Johnny Cash's "Ragged Old Flag" during the 2017 Memorial Day Remembrance at the Averitt Center for the Arts on Monday.
A larger-than-average number of people turned out for the annual Memorial Day Remembrance hosted by American Legion Dexter Allen Post 90 at the Emma Kelly Theater. They heard keynote speaker Marvin Grimm who, as a Navy hospital corpsman, treated wounded Marines during the Vietnam War, talk about the flag, heroes and the meaning of an empty chair. "From the Revolutionary War to today's world conflicts, fallen American heroes will never be forgotten," Grimm said.
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