Memorial Day Service - 31 May 2004

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Preparation before the service

Bagpiper Laurie Hartung and Militia de San Carlos preparing before the opening Flag Service

Boy Scout Troop 739 and Fernando de Leyba Chapter, SAR preparing before the opening Flag Service

Flag Service

Invocation by Dr. Robert F. Curtis, Ballwin Baptist Church

Militia de San Carlos prior to Pledge of Allegiance

Boy Scout Troop 739 and Fernando de Leyba Chapter, SAR prior to the National Anthem

Welcome by Mrs. Robert D. Seago

Introductions of Special Guests by Mrs. Robert F. Curtis, Missouri State Chaplain, DAR

Placing Memorial Wreath, Mrs. George T. Lanz, Missouri State Regent, DAR

Placing Memorial Wreath, Mr. James Hume, Cold Water Cemetery Advisory Board

Placing Memorial Wreath, Mr. James Boyd, Missouri State President, SAR

Introduction of Speaker by Mrs. Robert F. Curtis, Missouri State Chaplain, DAR

Mr. Esley Hamilton, Preservation Historian, St. Louis County Parks

Mr. Esley Hamilton

Mr. Esley Hamilton and attendees

DAR Memorial Service by Mrs. Robert F. Curtis, Missouri State Chaplain, DAR

Roses placed on the graves of deceased DAR members

Roses placed by Children of the American Revolution, Alexander McNair Society

Rose placed on grave of Mrs. Mildred Meyer

Dedication of Honorarium Plaque to Mrs. Joseph W. Towle and Mrs. Arthur A. Jablonsky by Mrs. George T. Lanz, Missouri State Regent, DAR

Dedication of Honorarium Plaque to Mrs. Herbert H. White by Mrs. John Farmer, Vice-President General, NSDAR

Dedication of Honorarium Plaque to the Jefferson Chapter by Mrs. Arthur Randall, Chapter Regent, MSSDAR

Dedication of Cold Water Cemetery to the National Historic Register by Mrs. Delbert Miller, Missouri State Historian, DAR

National Historic Register plaque

National Historic Register marker

Standing for Twenty-One Gun Salute

Twenty-One Gun Salute

The air clears after the Twenty-One Gun Salute

Amazing Grace played on the bagpipes by Laurie Hartung

Retiring of the Colors by Boy Scout Troop 739, Militia de San Carlos and Fernando de Leyba Capter, SAR

Retiring of the Colors

Benediction by Dr. Robert F. Curtis, Ballwin Baptist Church