THE FOLLOWING IS A TAPS ON TUESDAY RELEASE
Taps on Tuesday will be held on July 11, 2023 beneath the shade on the front lawn of the Vermilion County War Museum. Taps coordinator Larry Weatherford said, “This week’s Taps program will be a little different. Following the reading of a patriotic poem, we’ll ask each attendee to mention the name of a veteran that they would like to have Taps dedicated to that evening. And we’ll play Taps in their memory, as well as for all veterans.
The following Tuesday, July 18th, we’ll be at the Danville National Cemetery near the Civil War Soldier monument. A brief history of the Cemetery will be presented, followed by the poem, “Bivouac of the Dead,” written by Theodore O’Hara. Lines from that poem are posted at each National Cemetery across the country.
Each program will start at 6:00 p.m. Please bring your lawn chairs for each evening as we honor our veterans by the sounding of Taps.
