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(RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN)  This extended Memorial Day Weekend is to remember the soldiers who gave the supreme sacrifice to the service of America! There will be commemorations to veterans throughout Rutherford County through Monday (Memorial Day).  Stones River Battlefield 9:00AM Saturday (5/28/2022) scouts will be placing American flags on the graves at the Stones River National Cemetery. 2552 Old Nashville Highway.  Sun. (May 29, 2022) 8:30AM Memorial Day ser...

On Saturday scouts will place flags while a Memorial Day program will be held on Sunday at the battlefield. Smyrna will host an event Monday.

The Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony in Smyrna featured the new location of the town’s memorial to its military personnel who died in combat. The town’s memorial was moved to a broad expanse of lawn in Lee Victory Park near the Captain Jeff Kuss, USMC Memorial. The military memorial had been in a somewhat cramped spot in front of the Smyrna Town Hall. More than 200 citizens and public officials gathered at the Kuss Memorial to hear the guest speaker, Middle Tennessee State Universi...