GIBTOWN
VETERAN,S MEMORIAL DEDICATION
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE
1740 E. Gibtown Rd, Gibtown, Texas 76487
11:00 May 31, 2010 Memorial Day
MASTER of CEREMONIES Opens the Service
Jerry Walden - Commander of SCV Camp #586
POSTING of the COLORS Bill Fowler - Commander of the Texas Division of the Mounted Color Guard
INVOCATION CAMP 586 CHAPLAIN ROBERT SMART
Pledge to the American Flag....SCV will Salute the Confederate Flag
Scott Gates of the Cemetery Association will sing the National Anthem
Scott to introduce the Gold Star Mom and present her with a dozen roses
Bag Pipes will play two verses of Amazing Grace and all are invited to sing along ( Bag Piper is Mr. Rafe Aalderink of Fort Worth Scottish Pipes & Drums )
Roll Call of CSA Veterans will be read by Camp #586 Adjutant Howard McClurkin
Roll Call of the rest of the War Memorial Veterans will be read by Maudie Farris
Rifle Salute to all War Memorial Veterans commanded by Bruce Patusek - 3rd Texas SCV Brigade Commander
Bag Pipes will play Dixie and singing along is encouraged
 
Norma Holley - Director of the Texas Society of the Order of the Confederate Rose will lead her ladies in the "Black Rose Ceremony"
Drusilla Howell - President of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will lead her ladies in the UDC "Memorial Dedication Ceremony"
Scott Gates will speak on behalf of the Cemetery Association
Lacy McFalls will sing God Bless The USA
The Benediction
SCV detail will be dismissed and the Bag Piper will retreat playing Scotland the Brave
Announce the food to be served to benefit the upkeep of the memorial and cemetery.
Then the flag will be raise to full mast at 12 noon.