Area Veterans Remembered On Memorial Day

Evansville IN

01 June, 2022

2:29 PM

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By John Gibson, WNIN June 1, 2022 Memorial Day ceremonies honored fallen soldiers across the Tri-State. Dozens of people gathered at Evansville's LST 325 Monday morning to honor the fallen. The World War Two ship fired its cannon as part of the ceremony. Retired Navy Captain Dr. Mark Browning spoke during the annual Memorial Day ceremony at Oak Hill Cemetery in Evansville. That event was sponsored by the American Legion Funkhouser Post #8. Dozens of people also filled Locust Hill Cemetery on Kratzville Road to honor the fallen. The Retired Veterans Memorial Club of Vanderburgh County performed a 21-gun salute there. Henderson residents gathered at Central Park to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Retired Air Force Major General Richard Frymire was the featured speaker there. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.