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Memorial Day 2015 at Lorraine American Cemetery

May 24, 2015 @ 5:00 am

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Lorraine American Cemetery hosted its annual Memorial Day ceremony on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.

2015 Memorial Day Program
Presentation of Colors 3rd PLT 529th MP CO
National Anthems “La Marseillaise” and “The Star Spangled Banner”
Flyover 37th Airlift Squadron
Welcoming Remarks Superintendent Anthony Barclay
Opening Remarks Lilian Pfluke, AOMDA
Invocation Chaplain (Col) Sherman Baker, HQ Europe Regional Medical Command
Welcome Address André Wojciechowski, Mayor of Saint-Avold
Memorial Address Paola Zanetti, Deputy of Moselle
Memorial Address Simon Babré, General Secretary for Regional Affairs of Lorraine
Memorial Address BG Norvell Coots, Commander, U.S. Army Europe Regional Medical Command
Memorial Address Amy Westling, Consul General of the United States of America
American Legion Prayer Reverend Ronald Moore
Veterans of Foreign Wars Prayer Chaplain Richard Kennedy
Benediction Father Joseph Muller
Wreath Laying, TAPS, Raising of the Colors and Minute of Silence
Closing Remarks / Retiring of the Colors Lilian Pfluke, AOMDA