Memorial Day Observance as Prattville Dragoons SCV Camp 1524 Place US Flags on Veterans Graves at Oak Hill Cemetery

To commemorate Memorial Day, members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 purchased US flags and placed these at US veterans graves in the Prattville Oak Hill cemetery on Saturday morning May 23.  Adjutant Sutherland got twelve dozen US flags and these were all placed at graves of men and women who served their country including during wars from the Spanish American War thru the World Wars and Korean War and Vietnam War.  A number of graves told incredible stories such as John Wesley Rush who served as a Captain in the US Army before following his state of Alabama and defending her in the Confederate States Army.  Katharine Bell served in the Womens Army Corps in World War II.  Milford Deramus was a three war veterans serving in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.  Dragoons camp members including Commander Waldo, Quartermaster Bill Myrick (a Vietnam War veteran), Adjutant Sutherland, and Color Sgt John Dennis and compatriot Tyrone Crowley (also a veteran) along with Carol Crowley, a member of the local Daughters of the American Revolution, all assisted in this community service effort.  The cemetery looked very good with all the US flags waving in the light breeze of the Memorial Day weekend morning.