Sylvia Tucker park hosts Memorial Day event

  • Chaplain Bryan Flatt, with the Texas State FOP Lodge, offered a prayer during a Memorial Day event Monday in Kempner. Behind him is Mayor John Wilkerson. MONIQUE BRAND | DISPATCH RECORD
    Chaplain Bryan Flatt, with the Texas State FOP Lodge, offered a prayer during a Memorial Day event Monday in Kempner. Behind him is Mayor John Wilkerson. MONIQUE BRAND | DISPATCH RECORD
    Through a rain shower that turned into sunshine, more than 150 people paid homage to fallen servicemembers at Sylvia Tucker Memorial Park in Kempner on Monday. Memorial Day is a federal holiday that honors the military personnel who died in the performance of their duties. The holiday is observed on the last Monday of May. Staff from several city departments and local organi...

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