Fort Fisher Confederate Memorial Day Service, April 28, 2018

From Friends of Fort Fisher.

The Fort Fisher Chapter 2325 United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and the Friends of Fort Fisher held a service at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 28 at the UDC Confederate monument at Battle Acre at Fort Fisher.

The ocean front memorial service will feature a uniformed color guard and the main speaker will be Commander David Everett, USNR, currently the commander of the JROTC at John T. Hoggand High School in Wilmington.

He will speak about "Duty Is The Sublimest Word In The English Language."  This is a quote from Robert E. Lee.

Wreaths will be laid at the base of the monument in honor of the fallen sons of the South by the area UDC chapters, the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Friends of Fort Fisher

The public is welcome and refreshments will be served afterwards.

--Old B-Runer