Wicomico Remembers:

A Ceremony to Honor those who Made the Supreme Sacrifice

(Salisbury, MD) A ceremony to honor those who made the supreme sacrifice will be held at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center on Monday, May 25 (Memorial Day). Beginning at 10:00am, the ceremony will be held outside at the Wicomico County War Veterans Memorial. All are encouraged to attend this rain or shine event, which is free and open to the public.

As part of the ceremony, there will be a lowering of the colors by the Wicomico County Jr. ROTC, ringing of the Red Knights Memorial Bell, branch prayers, and a volley of arms by the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Department. Veterans and family members in attendance will be recognized during the ceremony. War Memorial Committee member Ed Tattersall will perform the Reading of Veterans Names which recognizes Wicomico County’s fallen veterans.

In 2002, a group of veterans from all branches of the military came together to honor and preserve the memory of Wicomico County’s fallen heroes. As a result, the Wicomico County War Veterans Memorial was erected at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center, which is itself a living war memorial to all veterans. Flags from each service branch, along with a United States, Maryland, Wicomico County and the POW-MIA flag now proudly fly over a brick wall displaying bronze plagues with the names of Wicomico County’s fallen veterans from World War I and beyond.

The Wicomico County War Memorial Committee has continued the work it began in 2002. Committee members are actively seeking information on those fallen listed on the memorial. If you have information to share about a fallen serviceperson please email Ed Hearthway at hearthwaye@aol.com.

To learn more about the Wicomico County War Veterans Memorial and the men and women it was built to honor visit www.wicomicorecandparks.org/war_memorial.htm.