Volume 16, Issue 7
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
Friday, May 29, 2009
The somber faces of Memorial Day 2009
In this issue ... Calendar................................................4 Durham News ................................11-12 Libraries..............................................22 Middlefield Briefs...............................18 Obituary ..............................................22 Spotlight ..............................................19
While Memorial Day has come to mean many things -- the “official” beginning of the summer season, a day for picnics, parades and barbecues, an excuse for a three-day weekend, a time to show patriotism and pride, at its heart, as its very name implies, Memorial Day is a day to remember. Specifically, it is a day to remember those who have served and died in the Armed Forces of the U.S.A. It is therefore entirely fitting and proper that many of the faces of Memorial Day wear somber expressions. Top left, Veterans of Foreign War members Joe Konefal and Brian McDermott, who will be returning to Iraq as a National Guardsman later this year, at the Middlefield ceremony before the Durham parade. Bottom left, parade marshal and WW II vet Dr. Francis Korn silently salutes; near left, even the youngest marchers can sense the solemnity of the occasion; bottom center, American Legion color guards Rick Parmelee, George Roberts and John Miller Jr. Top right, Israel Cuellar of the Middlefield Fire Company; right, “ T a p s ” floats over the green as Harriet and Dick Duval wait to perform “ G o d B l e s s America.” More on pages 15 & 20-21. Photos this page by Sue VanDerzee, Bill Fowler and Lynn Stanwood