U.S. Marine Corps veteran Larry Lattimer of Huntsville serves as the featured speaker of the Bellefontaine Memorial Day ceremony Monday, May 29. He encouraged public and personal displays of patriotism for Memorial Day and throughout the year to remember those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom today. “It’s very important that we are passing along to the next generation what makes America the home of the free and the brave,” said Lattimer, who served in Vietnam from September 1971 to July 1972, and later was honorably discharged from the Marines in 1978. Robert Walker was the emcee for the ceremony, Pastor Jeff Willetts offered an invocation and benediction, and Bellefontaine Mayor Ben Stahler also offered a tribute. (EXAMINER PHOTO | Mandy Loehr)
Danny Woodard, who completed two tours in Vietnam, leads the Bellefontaine Memorial Day parade Monday, May 29, as the grand marshal. (EXAMINER PHOTO | Mandy Loehr)
Myles Sheeley, age 1, watches with great anticipation as a Bellefontaine Fire & EMS truck rolls by in the Bellefontaine Memorial Day parade Monday along Allison Road near the Bellefontaine Cemetery. Pictured next to him is his father, Tyler Sheeley, along with his mother Alyssa, and siblings Grant, 6, and Lauren, 3. (EXAMINER PHOTO | Mandy Loehr)
The Bellefontaine Moose Lodge 2563 won the Most Patriotic Award for the Bellefontaine Memorial Day parade Monday. Also receiving Most Patriotic Awards were: Dance Fuzion Studios, second place; and Logan County Vets to D.C., third place. (EXAMINER PHOTO | Mandy Loehr)