Fayetteville pays tribute to fallen service members on Memorial Day
Images capture ceremony at Freedom Memorial Park
A bagpipe player performs "Amazing Grace" during the Memorial Day service at Freedom Memorial Park.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park in downtown Fayetteville.
Photo by Tony Wooten
Wreaths were placed at monuments honoring the fallen from various wars.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park in downtown Fayetteville.
Photo by Tony Wooten
Wreaths were placed at monuments honoring the fallen from various wars.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park in downtown Fayetteville.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park in downtown Fayetteville.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park in downtown Fayetteville.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park in downtown Fayetteville.
Photo by Tony Wooten
The Missing Man Table is set for the Memorial Day service.
Photo by Tony Wooten
The Missing Man Table is set for the Memorial Day service.
Photo by Tony Wooten
Ann Provencher, who is with the Rolling Thunder North Carolina Chapter 1, spoke during the program on the Missing Man Table, a symbolic gesture that pays tribute to the nation's POWs, MIAs and all those who did not return from service.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park.
Photo by Tony Wooten
Wreaths were placed at monuments honoring the fallen from various wars.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park.
Photo by Tony Wooten
Fort Bragg soldiers watch the Memorial Day ceremony.
Photo by Tony Wooten
Col. Scott Pence of Fort Bragg speaks.
Photo by Tony Wooten
Col. Scott Pence of Fort Bragg speaks.
Photo by Tony Wooten
Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin speaks during the ceremony.
Photo by Tony Wooten
Patriotic songs were featured at the service.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park.
Photo by Tony Wooten
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park.
About 300 people attended a Memorial Day service on Monday at Freedom Memorial Park in downtown Fayetteville.
The ceremony paid tribute to those who sacrificed their lives in the call of duty. The program – organized by veteran Don Talbot, commander of Purple Heart Chapter 2226 – incorporated patriotic music, a bagpipe version of “Amazing Grace,” wreath presentations representing World War I through the Global War on Terror, and the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry Company.
Col. Scott Pence, garrison commander of Fort Bragg, was the keynote speaker.
Photographer Tony Wooten captured images of the service for CityView TODAY.
