26-05-2025
Sacrifices honored at Elizabethton Memorial Day ceremony
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) — The men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country were honored in Elizabethton.
To mark Memorial Day, a ceremony was held at the war memorial in downtown Elizabethton.
'Because of their sacrifice and their [willingness] to step forward and defend our nation, that we today are experiencing this ceremony in the freedom that we have,' said Bill Carter, the chairman of the Carter County Veterans Oversight Committee for the War Memorial and Walk of Honor.
The Carter County Veterans Oversight Committee hosted the event on Monday morning despite the wet weather. Carter told News Channel 11 that the turnout at the ceremony was encouraging.
'To show the people's support and sincerity of being true Americans, in honor to our veterans that have gone on before us, that have given their lives for our freedom,' Carter said.
Carter noted that the people in the community have always been uplifting of veterans and service members.
'Elizabethton [and] Carter County, Tennessee have always been a big believer in defending our freedom,' he said. 'And I think this maintains a true tradition of really our state, our county and our city, how devoted they are and appreciative of the veterans that have served and gone on before this event. '
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