SPARTA, Mich. - Sparta’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony will be held Monday, May 27, at Lamoreaux Park, 10:30 a.m.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the deaths of three 1968 graduates: Bruce Curtis, Dennis Merryman, and Craig Yates. Participating in the ceremony will be fellow classmates who will read the roster of Sparta War Dead and deliver the keynote address.
A friend and member of the class of 1969 will be a musical guest. The families of those 1968 graduates will be seated in a designated section of the park.
The Sparta community has a debt of gratitude not just for these 3, but for the remaining roster of local war dead. The debt can only be paid by remembering and honoring these ultimate sacrifices, these individual prices paid for our freedom. We cannot and will not forget.
Information courtesy of Larry Carter.
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