Pearl Harbor remembered at a wreath-laying ceremony in Swansea
More than a dozen people including veterans with the Charles A. Woodford American Legion Post #2007, attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pearl Harbor Monument on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, during a ceremony at Messinger Cemetery in Swansea. The cemetery’s Pearl Harbor monument was dedicated in July 1942 making it one of the oldest in the nation.
U.S. Air Force veteran Steve Duff, left, and U.S. Army veteran Jim Wilson, both with the Charles A. Woodford American Legion Post #2007, lay a wreath at the foot of the Pearl Harbor monument during a ceremony Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at Messinger Cemetery in Swansea. The cemetery’s Pearl Harbor monument was dedicated in July 1942, making it one of the oldest in the nation. In Hawaii, the 83rd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony was held Saturday in Honolulu. Attendees of that ceremony observed a moment of silence at 7:54 a.m., the same time the attack began in 1941.
U.S. Army veteran Jim Wilson, left, and U.S. Air Force veteran Steve Duff, both with the Charles A. Woodford American Legion Post #2007, lay a wreath at the foot of the Pearl Harbor Monument on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, during a ceremony at Messinger Cemetery in Swansea. The cemetery’s Pearl Harbor monument was dedicated in July 1942 making it one of the oldest in the nation.
U.S. Air Force veteran Steve Duff with the Charles A. Woodford American Legion Post #2007, salutes during the Posting of Colors behind a wreath which will be laid at the foot of the Pearl Harbor Monument on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, during a ceremony at Messinger Cemetery in Swansea. The cemetery’s Pearl Harbor monument was dedicated in July 1942 making it one of the oldest in the nation.
Members of the public including veterans with the Charles A. Woodford American Legion Post #2007, stand for the National Anthem behind the Pearl Harbor Monument on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, during a ceremony at Messinger Cemetery in Swansea. The cemetery’s Pearl Harbor monument was dedicated in July 1942 making it one of the oldest in the nation.
Retired Major General William Enyart and former Illinois Congressman, speaks during a wreath laying ceremony at the Pearl Harbor Monument on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, during a ceremony at Messinger Cemetery in Swansea. The cemetery’s Pearl Harbor monument was dedicated in July 1942 making it one of the oldest in the nation.
U.S. Navy and Air Force veteran Tim Ogier, left, U.S. Navy Veteran Robin Latdrick, and U.S. Navy veteran Jerry Sauerwin, with the American Legion Post #2007, stand during a wreath laying ceremony at the Pearl Harbor Monument on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, during a ceremony at Messinger Cemetery in Swansea. The cemetery’s Pearl Harbor monument was dedicated in 1942 making it one of the oldest in the nation.
U.S. Air Force veteran Andrew Dunham with the Charles A. Woodford American Legion Post #2007, plays TAPS to conclude a wreath laying ceremony at the Pearl Harbor Monument on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, during a ceremony at Messinger Cemetery in Swansea. The cemetery’s Pearl Harbor monument was dedicated in 1942 making it one of the oldest in the nation.
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