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Published 2:02 pm Tuesday, May 21, 2024 By Roscoe Barnes III Several programs will be held this Memorial Day weekend through which local residents and visitors can honor the men and women who paid the ultimate price while serving in the U.S. military.

Commemorative programs will be held in Natchez and Vidalia. These programs include a fundraising dinner, patriotic ceremonies and the placing of flags and flowers on the graves of those who died in military service. These events, which will start on Friday, will lead to the 158th Annual Miss-Lou Memorial Day Parade set for Monday, May 27.



Friday, May 24 From 11 a.m. to 2 p.

m., Friday, May 24, Point Man International Ministries will serve jambalaya plate lunches at 270 Front St. These plates are a fundraiser for the Cost of Freedom Tribute Memorial that will be built on the Vidalia riverfront.

The cost per plate is $15. The VFW Post 9573 will provide the food preparation. The event is organized by Army Vietnam veteran Douglas McCallister.

As noted in the March 3, story in The Natchez Democrat, the memorial will “be an 80 percent scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., 360 feet long and 8 feet tall at the apex, except the memorial would include the names of casualties and tributes to those involved in Iraq, Afghanistan, 9/11, World War I and World War II and Korean wars in addition to Vietnam.

” McCallister said Memorial Day is a special time of the year: “It is a time that we might consider t.

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