First Historic Veterans Walk set for Saturday
The event will tell the tales of several veterans who are in the cemetery.
Lou Pyles said that the event is an outgrowth of the William C. Lambert Military Museum and Archive.
"We just thought it would be interesting to have a military walk about some of the veterans of our county that have passed," she said. "It will be 10-20 veterans and there will information about them at each grave site that we go to."
She thought it would be something different.
"We, as far as I know, have never had something like this," Pyles said. "We would like to do it yearly, just to educate people about some of veterans that have served. They are all residents of Lawrence County. And we thought it would be a good event leading into our annual Memorial Day parade, to get things rolling."
The graves are all close to each other so people don't have to walk all over the cemetery. Each site will have someone to talk about the veteran and their lives.
"We didn't want it all spread out," Pyles explained. "And maybe, if this goes well and we do this next year, we can do 10 or 12 more. I think it will be great. We hope people will come out and enjoy it."
Rich Donahue will also give a demonstration on how he cleans grave stones.
The William C. Lambert Military Museum and Archive is currently working on a Vietnam war exhibit in their space in the Ironton City Center.
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