Avenue of Flags Ceremony
The Avenue of Flags Committee will hold a brief, socially distanced ceremony on Monday at 10 a.m. at the cemetery pavilion. Seating under the pavilion is severely limited, but the public may [...]
American Legion Auxiliary 94 Memorial Day Service
The American Legion Auxiliary 94 in Exeter will be hosting their Memorial Day Service this coming Monday, May 31, beginning at 8 a.m. at the Exeter District Cemetery. Read the story.
Visalia flags fly as symbol of the fallen
By Reggie Ellis @Reggie_SGN VISALIA – Cpl. Melvin Dority did not die in battle, but there were many times he may have wished he did. Dority was one of the few American soldiers to survive the [...]
Seven things to remember about Memorial Day
By Paul Myers @PaulM_SGN EXETER– Most everyone knows that Memorial Day is not just another three-day weekend. It is an opportunity to pause for those who lost their lives in defense of this [...]
In Memoriam
By Trudy Wischemann In my Aunt Hazel’s house, there was a photo of a man we never knew. It was a beautiful black and white studio portrait, elegantly framed, and it sat prominently on the top of [...]
Vietnam-era veteran to give keynote in Exeter
American Legion seeks volunteers to place more than 1,300 flags at veterans’ graves in Exeter By Nancy Vigran Reporting for The Sun-Gazette EXETER – Vietnam-era Veteran Stan Dillon has been [...]