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Show Legion Conducts Brief Memorial Service Milford First Ward Bishop Richard Banks asked Divine guidance for American Legion Le-gion leaders, and peaceful repose re-pose for all of America's war dead when he participated in the Legion's Memorial Day services at the Milford Ceme-tary. Ceme-tary. Bishop Banks was acting as chaplain for the local veterans organization at the annual memorial me-morial services. Following Bishop Banks' invocation, in-vocation, a Legion firing squad under command of John Grim-Continued Grim-Continued on Back Page -'- --- ' 1 " 1 1 Here's More About Memorial Services Continued from Page One shaw fired a salute over the Legion Le-gion Cross, representing American Amer-ican military personnel killed in past wars, and Post Commander Com-mander Ray Walker and Legion Auxiliary President Ida Smith placed wreaths upon the simulated simu-lated Grave of the Unknown Soldier. "Taps" was played by Jim Cox, and the firing squad, color bearers and color guard silently filed from the cemetery, leaving the National Colors and the Legion Le-gion standard to watch over the grave until sundown. Previously, the Legion had placed flags and emblems at the head of all known military dead buried in the Milford cemetery. |