The annual Memorial Day Ceremony is scheduled for Monday morning at 11 at the Mountain Home Plaza 2000 across from the Baxter County Courthouse. This year’s event is hosted by the North Central Arkansas Veterans Council and co-sponsored by the Mountain Home chapter of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV).
Among the dignitaries scheduled to attend the Memorial Day Ceremony is Lt. Governor Tim Griffin.
Griffin has served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps, for over 20 years and currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was mobilized to active duty in 2005 as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and served with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul, Iraq, for which he was awarded the Combat Action Badge. He is currently serving as Deputy Commander for the 139th Legal Operations Detachment (LOD) in Nashville, Tennessee.
Ron Hayden will be the keynote speaker at Monday’s ceremony. Hayden is the owner and operator of Advanced Auto Body in Mountain Home, a veteran of the Vietnam War and a DAV member.
The National Anthem and other patriotic music will be performed by the Mountain Home High School Band. North Central Arkansas Veterans Council President Linda Reed will be the master of ceremonies, and the invocation and benediction will be given by George Worford representing the DAV, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3246 and the Alley-White American Legion Post 52. The ceremony will conclude with the rifle salute by the American Legion.
Reed says the ceremony is an opportunity for the local community to salute local veterans and their sacrifices.
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In the event of rain, the ceremony will be relocated to the Baxter County Fairgrounds’ Education Building. For anyone unable to attend, the program can be heard on KTLO-FM 97.9 and streaming live at ktlo.com. Following the ceremony, coffee and cake will be provided at the VFW post.
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