Marine Corp League Lowers Flags to Half Staff in tribute to Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week
The Hopkins County Detachment of the Marine Corps League will pay tribute to Peace Officers Memorial Day on Tuesday May 15th at the Veterans Memorial in Sulphur Springs. Service Flags will be lowered to half Staff at 8 a.m. followed by the Policeman’s Prayer. Then the large U.S. Flag in the center of the plaza will be lowered as taps is played. Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week is an observance in the United States...
Important Days Worth Making Note of as March Comes to an End
March 18, 2024 – A couple of important days worth making note of as March 2024 comes to an end include the following. Monday, March 25th, 2024, is National Medal of Honor Day, honoring service and sacrifice, established by Congress to “foster public appreciation and recognition of Medal of Honor Recipients.” The first National Medal of Honor Day was celebrated on March 25, 1991. Also worth noting, Friday, March 29th, 2024 is...
Veterans Day on Celebration Plaza
November 8, 2023 – Attention Patriots and Veterans. The Hopkins County Marine Corps League Detachment 1357 will hold a Veterans Day Memorial celebration in Sulphur Springs on November 11 at 01100, that’s 11/11/11 on Celebration Plaza. Please come and pay your respects to all those who offered their life for our freedom!
Patriot Day Monday on Celebration Plaza
Monday September 11 the Hopkins County Marine Corps League Detachment 1357 will be lowering the flags on Celebration Plaza. The remembrance starts at 11 AM. A “short but emotional and important ceremony” will be held as the flags are lowered. The Hopkins County Marine Corps League Detachment 1357’s Judge Advocate will offer a presentation to honor those lost as a result of the tragic attack on our nation 22 years...
National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29, 2023
March 20, 2023 – Members of the Hopkins County Military Coalition and The Hopkins County Marine Corps League will be Honoring Veterans of the Vietnam War on Celebration Plaza on Wednesday March 29. This will be a patriotic event and everyone is invited to attend. Robert ‘Bob’ Kerr, Hopkins County Judge Advocate and member of the Hopkins County Marine Corps League, Detachment 1357, will preside over the ceremony. At...
Dinner Bell Menu for November 30, 2022
The Marine Corps League repeats as a Community Partner. We are grateful for the continued support! Grab and go with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus around 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. MENU Oven Barbecued Chicken Legs Macaroni and Cheese Seasoned Italian Cut Green Beans Garden Salad Buttered French Bread Slices Brownies BE...
American Flag MIA
Keen eyes can tell something is missing from downtown Sulphur Springs. The American Flag that flies in the center of Celebration Plaza is MIA. The Flag in June of 2022 Tommy Allison contacted KSST early Friday morning to relay the message that the large flag had worn out. “That flag was 10 years old, and the harness just failed.” said Allison. City employees found the flag and collected the pieces. Bob Kerr of the Marine...
Jerry Wilhite
Funeral services for Jerry Wilhite, age 74, of Sulphur Springs, will be held on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. at Murray Orwosky Chapel with Jerry Savage and Buster Sides officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with military honors. Hopkins County Marine Corps League members Garry Hall, Derb Goodman, Larry Vickers, Mike Thompson, Bobby Ulman and Bob Kerr will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are...
2021 Veterans Day Oberservance Downtown
Hopkins County Marine Corps League along with the Military Coaltion and veterans took part in a Veterans Day service Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, on the downtown plaza. Veterans Day observance in downtown Sulphur Springs Nov. 11, 2021 History of Veterans Day Veterans Day commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at 11 a.m., the...
US Flags Lowered In Honor of Victims of Attack in Kabul, Afghanistan
US flag lowered in honor of the American service personnel and others killed in the Kabul bombing Aug. 26, 2021 United States flags around Sulphur Springs and the community have been lowered in honor of the victims of the Aug. 26, 2021, attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, in accordance with the Presidential Proclamation issued Thursday. Flags in public places in the city and community have been lowered by the Hopkins County Marine Corps...
