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Anderson County’s Memorial Day ceremony is Monday morning

Posted at 5:16 pm May 28, 2017
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 1 Comment

Anderson County Memorial Day at Courthouse

File photo from May 2015 by John Huotari

 

Anderson County’s Ninth Annual Memorial Day ceremony starts at 10 a.m. Monday, May 29.

The event will be held rain or shine, said Leon Jaquet, director of the Anderson County Veterans Service Office.

There will be speeches from Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank, retired U.S. Army Major Jason Deel, and Clinton City Council member Zach Farrar, Jaquet said.

“The program will include a 21-gun salute and wreath laying at the Veterans Memorial at the Anderson County Courthouse to pay tribute to the men and women of the U.S. military who have given their lives to protect the freedoms we all enjoy every day,” Jaquet said. “The day itself is sacred, and veterans need no reminder of the reason for it. But what about the general public, and more importantly, the next generations? Everyone is invited to attend and show their support of our military past, present, and future. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Community, Federal, Government Tagged With: Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County Veterans Service Office, Jason Deel, Leon Jaquet, Memorial Day, Memorial Day ceremony, Terry Frank, Veterans Memorial, Zach Farrar

Anderson County celebrates Memorial Day on Monday

Posted at 11:31 am May 21, 2015
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Anderson County Memorial Day Wreath-laying

From left, Anderson County Veteran Services Director Leon Jaquet, Mayor Terry Frank, and Tennessee Representative John Ragan take part in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony on Memorial Day 2014 at the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton. (File photo)

 

CLINTON—On Monday, May 25, Anderson County will honor the men and women “who have paid the ultimate sacrifice so that we may enjoy the freedoms so many take for granted,” officials said.

Anderson County will conduct its seventh annual Memorial Day Ceremony, beginning at 10 a.m. Monday at the Veterans Memorial next to the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton, 100 North Main Street.

Guest speakers will include American Legion Post #172 First Vice Commander Zach Farrar and District 33 State Representative John Ragan. There will be a wreath-laying ceremony at the Veterans Memorial by official guests and Anderson County officials.

And, thanks to generous donations from Hardees and Bojangles restaurants in Clinton, veterans and citizens who attend the Memorial Day Ceremony will receive free sausage biscuits beginning at 9:15 a.m. at the Courthouse, a press release said. Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank will also provide free coffee and bottled water.

Filed Under: Anderson County, Community, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Courthouse, John Ragan, Leon Jaquet, Memorial Day, Terry Frank, Veterans Memorial, Zach Farrar

Memorial Day ceremony honors 181 Anderson County residents who died in conflicts

Posted at 9:34 am May 27, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Anderson County Memorial Day Wreath-laying

From left, Anderson County Veteran Services Director Leon Jaquet, Mayor Terry Frank, and Tennessee Rep. John Ragan take part in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony on Monday at the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton.

 

CLINTON—More than 100 Anderson County residents have died in conflicts from the Revolutionary War more than 200 years ago to the ongoing war on terrorism and battles in Afghanistan, a county official said during a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday.

Those 181 heroes are remembered and their names inscribed on the Veterans Memorial at the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton, Veteran Services Director Leon Jaquet said.

“We gather here today in remembrance of our nation’s heroes, especially our county’s heroes who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in support of this nation’s agenda throughout the world,” Jaquet said. “Our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters who served this country to protect our freedoms and wrote that final check with their lives in support of freedom and democracy.”

Jaquet recognized guests at Monday’s ceremony, including Glen and Amy Morris, parents of Staff Sgt. Daniel Morris, who was killed in Iraq in 2006, and Gerald and Kathy Hovater, parents of Cpl. Jason Hovater, who died in Afghanistan in 2008.

“We remember the 1.3 million Americans who have made the supreme sacrifice during this nation’s wars, from the Revolutionary War to the continued War on Terrorism and Afghanistan,” Jaquet said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Government, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, airmen, Anderson County, Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County Veterans Services, conflicts, Daniel Morris, Iraq, Jason Hovater, John Ragan, Leon Jaquet, Memorial Day, military personnel, Persian Gulf, sailors, soldiers, Terry Frank, Veterans Memorial, Vietnam, war

Anderson County Memorial Day ceremony on Monday

Posted at 7:55 pm May 23, 2014
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Memorial Day Ceremony

Anderson County Veterans Service Officer Leon Jaquet says Memorial Day is for honoring military personnel who have died in the nation’s wars. (File photo/May 2012)

Anderson County Veterans Services Director Leon Jaquet has announced plans for the county’s sixth annual Memorial Day ceremony. The annual event will be held on Monday, May 26—Memorial Day—at 10 a.m. rain or shine in front of the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton.

The ceremony will include a wreath-laying at the Veterans Memorial in front of the Courthouse in Clinton as well as remarks from Tennessee Rep. John Ragan.

In a press release, Jaquet said the ceremony is held each year “to pay tribute to the men and women of the U.S. military who have given of their lives to protect the freedoms we all enjoy everyday.

“The day itself is sacred and war veterans need no reminder of the reason for it, but what about the general public, and more importantly the next generations? Do non-veterans really recognize and understand the importance of a day honoring their fellow Americans killed in wars around the world? Sacrifice is meaningless without remembrance. Everyone is invited to attend and show their support of our military past, present and future.”

Filed Under: Anderson County, Community, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County Veterans Services, John Ragan, Leon Jaquet, Memorial Day, U.S. military, veterans, Veterans Memorial

Fifth ‘In God We Trust’ sign, flagpole, vets memorial celebrated at courthouse

Posted at 2:40 pm September 21, 2013
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Anderson County General Session Court In God We Trust Sign

Steve McDonald of Calvary Baptist Church introduces a new “In God We Trust” sign on the side of the Anderson County General Sessions Division II Courthouse in Oak Ridge.

A sign inscribed with the national motto “In God We Trust” was unveiled on the side of a Anderson County courthouse in Oak Ridge on Friday.

It’s the fifth “In God We Trust” sign to be posted on a county courthouse since July in a citizen-led initiative that has prompted a debate over the proper separation of church and state.

Also celebrated during a lunchtime ceremony Friday were a flagpole and memorial to five Anderson County veterans killed in the past decade in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, Anderson County, Anderson County Commission, Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County General Sessions Court, Anderson County Veterans Office, Atomic City Tool, Brad Heun, Daniel Morris, flagpole, Glenn Morris, In God We Trust, Iraq, Kathy Moore, Leon Jaquet, Lynn Byrge, Oak Ridge Veterans of Foreign Wars, Robert McKamey, Robert Smith, Ron Murch, Secret City, secular, Separation of Church and State, Stephen Flick, veterans, Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial now honors soldier who died in Afghanistan in April

Posted at 3:58 pm May 27, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Christopher M. Ward Memorial

Joyce Ward, mother of Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Ward, who died in Afghanistan on April 6, and Leon Jaquet, Anderson County veterans service officer, unveil a new plaque honoring Ward at the Veterans Memorial at the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton on Monday.

CLINTON—He had volunteered to replace another soldier on his last tour, and he paid with his life.

Christopher Michael Ward, 24, died in southern Afghanistan on April 6, the victim of a suicide car bombing. The explosion also killed two other soldiers, a U.S. diplomat, and a Department of Defense civilian. They had been delivering donated books to children in Zabul province.

On Monday, Ward was honored when his name was added to the Veterans Memorial at the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton during a Memorial Day ceremony.

“It’s very heartwarming,” said his mother Joyce Ward of Oak Ridge, who is moving to Hinesville, Ga., on Tuesday. “His death was not in vain.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Federal, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Afghanistan, Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County Veterans Service Officer, Christopher Michael Ward, Curtis Sexton, Daniel M. Morris, James D. Connell Jr., Jason D. Hovater, John Ragan, Joyce Ward, Leon Jaquet, Memorial Day, Stephen C. Kennedy, Terry Frank, Veterans Memorial, Zabul

Anderson County has Memorial Day ceremony Monday morning

Posted at 3:40 pm May 26, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Anderson County will have its 5th Annual Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday at the Veterans Memorial in front of the Anderson County Courthouse in downtown Clinton.

Guest speakers include Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank and Curtis Sexton, a retired U.S. Army colonel. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Community, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Courthouse, Curtis Sexton, Memorial Day, Memorial Day ceremony, Terry Frank, Veterans Memorial

Community band performance, veterans ceremony Monday

Posted at 4:47 pm May 26, 2012
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Oak Ridge Community Band

The Oak Ridge Community Band will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at the A.K. Bissell Park Pavilion. (Submitted photo)

Two local Memorial Day ceremonies will pay tribute to U.S. military personnel.

The first ceremony will be held at the Veterans Memorial in front of the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton at 10 a.m. Monday. Tennessee Sen. Randy McNally, an Oak Ridge Republican, will be the guest speaker.

The second ceremony will feature the Oak Ridge Community Band in a free performance at 7 p.m. Monday at A.K. Bissell Park.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Music Tagged With: Memorial Day, Oak Ridge Community Band, Veterans Memorial

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