Fallen Heroes Honored
By Greg L | 10 May 2008 | Patriotism, Prince William County | 6 Comments
From the Gainesville Times:
Prince William County is holding an Armed Forces Day Ceremony at the War Memorial in Freedom Park on Saturday, May 17, at 1 p.m. Freedom Park is located on the grounds of the McCoart Government Complex in between the complex and the Prince William Parkway. The ceremony is in honor of two soldiers who died in service to their country, Pfc. Steven A. Davis and 1st Lt. Benjamin J. Hall. The public is invited to attend the ceremony.
If you can make this ceremony, it will certainly mean a lot to the families of these soldiers.
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Why is this ceremony only in honor of 2 soldiers? What about our local Marine, LCpl Wolfe, who also died in Al-Anbar province? I am sure that this is upsetting to the Wolfe family, and the PWC families of other fallen, to be left out of a official recognition. For shame!
me said on 10 May 2008 at 10:05 am:
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Colin Wolfe was a Manassas City resident who was honored in a ceremony in Manassas in 2007. I have no doubt there is no intended slight here of the Wolfe family.
It’s for them all, believe me, its for them all. God bless all who go into harms way to protect us, enforce our laws and ask nothing for it. Wherever Americans gather to honor their fallen, there is America.
Anonymous, there is almost certainly no slight. If a fallen hero was named in the ceremony in 2007, then that honor is ongoing and it is generally proper to name only those who have died since the last year.
We have a Gold Star mother in our family. My cousin died almost three years ago during an operation in Afghanistan. She’s so grateful to all the friends and all the neighbors and all the many strangers who have sent her expressions of sympathy. She has made it her personal mission to find attend ceremonies like these to give comfort to others.
When I was a teenager, my dad (himself a combat vet) took me to a ceremony honoring a Congressional medal recipient (posthumous) from our town. Even all those decades after this SGT’s death way back in WW2, people remember. His brother and sister were there and you could see how emotional it was for them and understandably so. In part, I think it was because there were so many people there that they spilled out into the roady and the police had to temporarily stop traffic. And it had been 40+ years since he died.
If we’ve got some time on her hands on Armed Forces Day or on Memorial Day, maybe it’s good for all of us to commit to ourselves to go to one of community ceremonies and commemorations and show our support. That’s what my dad (now resting in peace in Arlington National Cemetery) used to do every year!
Thank you for remembering Colin and for thinking of us. PWC very graciously honored Colin at last years ceremony along with Capt. Brian Letendre, USMC. To Greg’s point, attending the ceremony is a tremendous way of showing that we value the sacrifice made on our behalf.
Mark Wolfe