Memorial Day in Lake City: 'Patriotism is Alive and Well'
It wasn’t raining Monday morning, but it was cool and breezy, and organizers had already decided on Saturday that the annual Memorial Day observance in Lake City would take place in the auditorium at Lincoln High School instead of Patton Park.
There was poetry, there was a musical tribute to the five branches of the armed forces, there was a solemn remembrance of local veterans who have passed away in the last year, and there was a keynote speech by local veteran Lorne McDonald.
McDonald served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
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