Bro. Raymond Martin and the true meaning of Memorial Day 2018-05-28 - VFW Post 6097 - 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Gale Cowan. "I caught this photo at the VFW Post 6097 Memorial Day Service today, Sunday, May 27, 2018. The program was over and everyone was just standing around talking. I just happened to look over and saw Bro. Raymond Martin saluting the American Flag. This is someone who understands the true meaning behind the holiday that most people just think of as a day off work and a long weekend. Please stop and think of the great sacrifice so many gave for our freedom. Thank you for your service Bro. Raymond Martin and all others who served and are still serving today." - GALE COWAN Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

VFW Memorial Day: Barry Rose & Dick Scholl's National Anthem 2018-05-28 - VFW Post 6097 - 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed & Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. You may never have heard the national anthem unless you've heard it by Baritone Barry Rose, left, of Roley, and Dick Scholl, center, rendering the song in clear, simple and above all sincere voices like no others. VFW Quartermaster Ronnie Holt, right salutes the United States Flag. There wasn't a dry eye in the house afterward. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

VFW Post Commander Joe Hare emcees 2018 Memorial Day Service 2018-05-28 - VFW Post 6097 - 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. VFW Post 6097 Commander Joe Hare was the emcee of the first-ever Memorial Day Service in the new building. In a somber, tearful moment, he related an incident which had been discovered earlier at Haven Hill Cemetery, where someone had taken up and broken the staffs of approximately 100 flags which had been place on Veterans graves there by the Columbia Masonic Lodge and placed in a pile at the entrance to the cemetery. "Somebody is very disrespectful," he said, choking back tears, "It's sad." - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Memorial Day at VFW 2018 - Major Paul Smith delivers keynote 2018-05-28 - VFW Post 6097 - 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Major Paul Smith (ret), of Breeding, KY, delivered the keynote address, "The Cost of Freedom," at the Memorial Day Service at the VFW 6097 Post. He's a 22 year active duty military veteran who entered the service as a private, saw service in 27 foreign countries, and has been a resident of Adair County since 2012. He's an active participant in school programs in Adair, Cumberland, and Metcalfe Counties and elsewhere. Major Smith was given a standing ovation for his brief but eloquent address. Behind him, left, is baritone Barry Rose of the Roley Community of Adair County. - EW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Historic Day: First Memorial Day service at new VFW Post 2018-05-28 - VFW Post 6097 - 500 Green Hills Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. It was perhaps the most moving Memorial Day service in the history of VFW Post 6097, which began inside the comfortable new VFW Post building and then moved to the outdoor ceremony, above. The occasion was well attended, with an estimated crowd of 75-100 coming as guests plus participants in the ceremony. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair Co., KY - Independence Ridge Road 2018-05-28 - Breeding/Picnic/Dirigo, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Nearly every mile of Independence Ridge Road's rights-of-ways are maintained by landowners. Saturday, May 26, 2018, in the evening, gardens were being tended, too. On Memorial Day and with July 4, 2018, one might wonder how it came to have its patriotic-sounding name, and if it has ever been more commonly known by another. The answers may be surprising. This scenic byway may be Adair County's best kept secret, and most improved section - the improvements have occurred over many years, but most dramatically, this year. - EW/LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

ACHS 2018: Math Department Award 2018-05-27 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Jenna Rodgers, ACHS sophomore. The Math Department award for four years of math including all upper level courses was presented to Lauren McQuaide. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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