The City’s annual Armed Forces Remembrance Day Ceremony, presented by the Taylor Veterans Museum Committee, will be held Saturday, May 9. The ceremony will take place in the Cameron Priebe Plaza inside the City Hall complex, near Goddard Road and Pine Street. The crowd plans to begin gathering at 11 a.m.
Special commemorative medals will be given to military veterans of the Desert Shield-Desert Storm (1990-91) era, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the conflict. The event will also celebrate the 150th anniversaries of the end of the Civil War (April 9) and President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination (April 14).
Between 250 and 300 people attended last year’s event, which included Taylor Community Chorus, Kennedy and Truman JROTC programs, Taylor Police Department Chaplain David Edwards, National Anthem singer Michelle Pfeifer, City Council, Clerk Cindy Bower and Treasurer Edward Bourassa, then-U.S. Rep. John Dingell and State Rep. Douglas Geiss. Some of the special moments included the performance of bag piper Tim McHugh and the keynote speech given by Mayor Rick Sollars.
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