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Remembering the fallen

PHOTO BY ANNE MARSHALL The Casualties were Nominal

Memorial Day Ceremony and band concert Submitted by Jack Pitts, N03,
in recognition of Memorial Day
Guest speaker: Texas Governor Greg Abbott
“The casualties were nominal”
Submitted by Krystal Wilson, Director of Communications the small print read today.
“Just 10 killed and 40 wounded”
The annual Memorial Day Ceremony honoring the men and women of they seem content to say.
our armed forces who have given their lives in service to our country ...and the casualties were nominal.
will be held at the Veterans Memorial Plaza on Monday, May 30.
The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. Texas Governor Greg Abbott will be The blind will remain ever in darkness,
the guest speaker for the ceremony, and music will be provided by the 36th the disfigured will ever be maimed.
Infantry Division Band of the Texas Army National Guard. They will be given a heart and purple
ribbon;
PRE-MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT slight tribute to the mangled and lame.
The 36th Infantry Division Band from Camp Mabry in Austin will also pres- ...and the casualties were nominal.
ent a concert at 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 29. The band will perform a variety
RIELJEDQGVRXQGVDQGSDWULRWLF´ÁDJZDYLQJµWXQHVDWWKH*HRUJHWRZQ The fallen rest in their silence
Williamson County Veterans Memorial Plaza at Sun City. The public is brought home as the heroic dead.
invited to both events. Government-issued marble markers
will be laid at each of their heads.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ...and the casualties were nominal.

Prior to his election as the 48th governor of Texas in 2014, To the unaffected millions
Greg Abbott was the longest-serving attorney general of the losses seem so small,
Texas. He and his wife, Cecilia, have been married for But to those who have done the losing,
34 years. She is a former teacher and principal, and the this day they have lost it all.
Àrst Hispanic Àrst lady of Texas. The Abbotts have one ...and the casualties were nominal.
daughter, Audrey, a college student.
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