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Memorial Day Service in the Shiloh National Cemetery
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Shiloh National Military Park will officially commemorate Memorial Day by hosting remembrance ceremonies on Monday, May 27, in the Shiloh National Cemetery.
Everyone is invited to bring their lawn chairs or blankets and join us for one of the longest continually running Memorial Day services in West Tennessee. The one-hour ceremony will
start at 11:00 am, and feature a military flag presentation, music by the Kossuth High School Jazz Band and the Kossuth Middle School Singers, a keynote address, a firing salute, the laying of a wreath, and the playing of Taps.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Catherine Bragaw, Shiloh’s superintendent with 39 years of National Park Service experience. She began her career as a volunteer in 1982 at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia, where she helped build one of the NPS’s most respected living history programs and an award-winning education program. Bragaw’s career has also taken her to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Maryland, Women’s Rights and Harriet Tubman National Historical Parks in New York, Camp Nelson National Monument, Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument and Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park all in Kentucky. She taught classes at Shepherd University as an adjunct professor.
Originally from Washington, D.C., Bragaw earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hood College and a master’s degree in education leadership from West Virginia University. In July, Superintendent Bragaw will complete her first year as superintendent of Shiloh National Military Park.
Following the Memorial Day service, park rangers will be offering free guided programs and demonstrations in the afternoon. A complete schedule is attached to this news release and will also be available at the ranger contact station in the visitor center.
Reservation or Registration: No
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