Virginia’s fallen remembered at Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony
The 64th Annual Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony honors and remembers the military men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the nation May 25, 2020, at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia. Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs Carlos Hopkins and Spc. Neil Miller, a Virginia National Guard Soldier assigned to the Portsmouth-based 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, placed the memorial wreath at the Shrine of Memory, and Chaplain (Col.) Ben Sprouse, the VNG’s senior chaplain, gave the memorial prayer. Because of cautionary procedures due to COVID-19, the ceremony was closed to the public but live-streamed. VNG Soldiers lost to hostile enemy action while on federal active duty since Sept. 11, 2001, are among the 175 Virginians remembered at the new Shrine of Memory for the Global War on Terrorism and Beyond. Read the Adjutant General of Virginia’s Memorial Day Message at go.usa.gov/xwx4m. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)
Virginia’s fallen remembered at Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony
The 64th Annual Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony honors and remembers the military men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the nation May 25, 2020, at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia. Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs Carlos Hopkins and Spc. Neil Miller, a Virginia National Guard Soldier assigned to the Portsmouth-based 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, placed the memorial wreath at the Shrine of Memory, and Chaplain (Col.) Ben Sprouse, the VNG’s senior chaplain, gave the memorial prayer. Because of cautionary procedures due to COVID-19, the ceremony was closed to the public but live-streamed. VNG Soldiers lost to hostile enemy action while on federal active duty since Sept. 11, 2001, are among the 175 Virginians remembered at the new Shrine of Memory for the Global War on Terrorism and Beyond. Read the Adjutant General of Virginia’s Memorial Day Message at go.usa.gov/xwx4m. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)