Antioch commemorates Memorial Day at annual ceremony, Monday

The color guard of local military veterans raise the U.S. and P.O.W. flags to half mast during the annual Antioch Memorial Day ceremony at Oak View Memorial Park, Monday, May 25, 2015

Pastor Larry Adams of Golden Hills Community Church offers the opening prayer as Remy Goldsmith of Congressman Mark DeSaulnier’s office, Congressman Jerry McNerney, Assemblyman Jim Frazier, Antioch Mayor Wade Harper, special guest speaker Clark Strickland and Master of Ceremonies J.R.Wilson, Presdent of the Delta Veteran’s Group, bow their heads at the Antioch Memorial Day ceremony, Monday, May 25.

The Deer Valley High School band plays the anthems of each branch of the military, as veterans in the audience are honored.

Mayor Wade Harper and Commander Henri Veilleux of the Antioch VFW Post place the wreath at the Memorial Day ceremony.
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