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Vol. XXIX No. 23
June 8, 2016
Powhatan honors fallen on Memorial Day 2016
PHOTOS BY LAURA MCFARLAND
B. Frank Earnest, left, was the speaker at the 36th Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemetery Memorial Day service. Shown right are veterans who attended the American Legion’s service.
By Laura McFarland News Editor
POWHATAN – Although they are gone, the sacrifices of the men and women who died serving in the U.S. military are not forgotten. Those who gave the last full measure of devotion in service of their country were remembered in two Memorial Day ceremonies in Powhatan County. About two dozen people gathered on the morning of Monday, May 30, at the War Memorial Cultural Arts and Community Center for a ceremony that American Legion Post 201 held to honor all Americans who fought and died in wars from the Revolutionary War to the present. Despite the overcast conditions in the afternoon, more than 100 people gathered for the 36th Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemetery Memorial Day service put on by the J.E.B. Stuart Camp #1343 of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans and the Huguenot Springs Cemetery Foundation.
American Legion ceremony
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As keynote speaker Larry Nordvig addressed the people in attendance at American Legion Post 201’s Memorial Day tribute, he unfolded stories of military personnel who fought and died in the line of duty in the last
241 years. Giving an example from each major war, he spoke of incredible acts of courage, loyalty and sacrifice. For the most part, these are names that won’t be remembered by people far and wide. Captain Isaac Davis was a member of the Acton Minuteman and one of the first to die in the first battle of the Revolutionary War, cut down by a British bullet on April 19, 1775. Flying over the South China Sea in 1944, World War II pilot Horace “Stump” Carswell Jr. gave the order for his crew to bail out of the severely damaged warplane. When he realized the parachute of his bombardier had been shredded, he stayed with the man and his wounded co-pilot. All three died in the subsequent crash. In December 2003, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Voelz was responding to an explosive ordinance disposal call when an improvised explosive device detonated in Iraq. Critically wounded, Voelz was rushed to a medical unit and her husband, a solider stationed nearby, rushed to be with her. She later died in his arms. “Isn’t that really what this day is all about,” said Nordvig, District 2 representative for the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors. “We remember those who died that others may live on to enjoy life, liberty and the pur-
BSH Graduation PHOTOS BY JOHN BEEBE
Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Catholic School in Powhatan County saw 36 students graduate from the school on Saturday, June 4. The ceremony was held in Parker Gym on campus this year.
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Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall replica to visit in July
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he Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall will visit Powhatan County in July and give people a chance to honor the 58,195 veterans’ names listed there. SUBMITTED PHOTO The wall, which is The Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall a three-fifths replica will visit Powhatan County in July. It of the Vietnam Me- is a three-fifths replica of the wall in morial Wall in Wash- Washington, D.C. ington, D.C., will be available for the public to visit July 14 to 17 at Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Academy’s Barham-Sowers Field, 2501 Academy Road in Powhatan. see VIETNAM page 4A
Austin Thomas VALEDICTORIAN
Olivia Klahn SALUTATORIAN
Thomas and Klahn lead BSH 2016 class By Laura McFarland News Editor
POWHATAN – Austin Waters Wingfield Thomas and Olivia Ehrin Klahn lead the 2016 Class of Blessed Sacrament Hu-
guenot Catholic School as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, with grade point averages of 4.57 and 4.51. Thomas is the son of see BSH page 9A