22-05-2025
Flags honor veterans' graves in annual Memorial Day tradition
JOPLIN, Mo. — An annual pre-Memorial Day tradition continues in Joplin.
In association with the 'Peace Church Cemetery Association', members of Joplin's American Legion Post 13 placed flags this afternoon on more than two dozen Veteran headstones, as well as a monument at the historic cemetery.
Veterans buried there fought in the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World Wars one and two and the Korean War.
'Without the veterans we wouldn't be a free nation, we wouldn't be free here and we wouldn't be able to do the things that we do, so we just want to honor them and we do that two or three times a year and each time we thank them for their service and salute them,' said Jim Beeler, Peace Church Cemetery Association.
'And it's something to us that's a real honor to be able to do because it allows us to honor that veteran and show that we really appreciate what they did while they were in service,' said Bob Harringon, American Legion Post 13.
Today's ceremony concluded with a 21-gun salute and the playing of taps.
The Peace Church Cemetery Association continues to honor and tell the stories of those who are laid to rest on the property.
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