The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Scott Swanson

Dale Jenkins, left, and Stan Gray of the Sweet Home Veterans of Foreign Wars Honor Guard, prepare to raise the American flag during a Memorial Day ceremony held at noon Monday, May 30, at the Veterans Memorial in Gilliland Cemetery. A crowd of some 50 people turned out for the service, which included the laying of wreaths, and a recitation of the poem "Flanders Field" by Jan Hufford, second from right.