| Memorial Day, 2009 County Square, Greenville, SC Though the day was overcast and spitting rain, veterans, their families and citizens of Greenville County came together for our Nations most solemn and somber holiday. Despite the weather, attendance was higher than last year. |
| Detachment members and WWII veterans, Stuart MacDonald and Ed Fenton, joined the Color Guard of American Legion, Post 3, in the posting of the Colors. We were honored with the privilege of posting the National Ensign. |
| Detachment Founder and Past Commandant Wayne Stinnett, stands prepared to pass the articles to the various Veterans organizations leaders, to be placed on the Missing Man table. |
| The table is round -- to show our everlasting concern for our missing men. The tablecloth is white -- symbolizing the purity of their motives when answering the call to duty. The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones and friends of these Americans who keep the faith, awaiting answers. The vase is tied with a red ribbon, symbol of our continued determination to account for our missing. A slice of lemon on the bread plate is to remind us of the bitter fate of those captured and missing in a foreign land. A pinch of salt symbolizes the tears endured by those missing and their families who seek answers. The glass is inverted -- to symbolize their inability to share this evening's [morning's/day's] toast. The chairs are empty -- they are missing. The Bible represents the strength gained through faith to sustain those lost from our country, founded as one nation under God. |
| Veterans from Normandy to Iraq, joining together in honoring those that never returned. |
| Rifle salute for the dead. |
| Taps. |
| Detachment Member and South Carolina Congressman, Eric Beddingfield together with a Gold Star Mother escort the wreath to the Wall of Remembrance. |
