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Memorial Day observances
(by Rick Palsgrove, Southeast Editor - May 13, 2009)
Memorial Day is a time of honor and remembrance when flowers are placed on the graves of the fallen who sacrificed for their country.
The people of Canal Winchester and Groveport will set aside time for some solemn moments on Memorial Day, May 25, to reflect upon, and recognize, those who have served in the armed forces of the United States.
Canal Winchester
The Leach Benson Post 220, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 220, and VFW Post 10523 are sponsoring Memorial Day ceremonies at Canal Winchester's Union Grove Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. on May 25.
Rev. Dr. Richard G. Boone, pastor of Faith United Methodist Church, will be the speaker. Buckeye Girls State Representatives Annamarie Carlson and Miranda Steed; and Buckeye Boys State Representatives Clayton Waites and Andrew Lewis will also speak.
The Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Brownies, Blue Birds, Campfire Girls, the Canal Winchester High School Band will also participate.
Groveport
Motts Military Museum will coordinate the traditional Memorial Day procession down Main Street as well as services and grave decorations in the Groveport Cemetery on May 25.
The museum took over the duties from the Robert Dutro Post 486 and Robert Dutro Auxiliary Unit, which had honorably conducted the Groveport Memorial Day procession and ceremonies since 1921, but was unable to continue.
The Groveport Madison High School Marching Band will lead the traditional Groveport Memorial Day procession. The parade begins at 1:15 p.m. at Groveport Town Hall, 648 Main St., and then marches down Main Street to College Street and then to Groveport Cemetery. All children of the community, including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Campfire Youth, are invited to carry flowers to the cemetery and assist in decorating the graves of the war dead.
Ceremonies at the Groveport Cemetery start at 1:30 p.m. and will feature guest speaker Udo Maroscher, an ethnic German born in Romania who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1956. Maroscher served as a lieutenant junior grade in the United States Navy from 1961-64 and had a brother was killed while serving in Vietnam.
"He'll speak from his heart," said Warren Motts, director of Motts Military Museum of Maroscher.
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