Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and associated restrictions, the 2021 Memorial Day Ceremony will not be held. Those who died to defend freedom in our country will be in our thoughts and prayers.
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Veterans Day Ceremony 2019 Recap
The annual Veterans Day Ceremony was held at the Great Falls Freedom Memorial on Monday, November 11, 2019. Below are a video of the event and a story about it in the Great Falls Connection.
Click the image below to read the story in the Great Falls Connection:
How the Freedom Memorial in Great Falls, Virginia came to be
Community, volunteers, public service, duty, honor, country. Built and funded by the community through in-kind and monetary donations. Dedicated November 13, 2004.
Fact sheet prepared by the late Milburn Sanders, the first Secretary of the Friends of the Great Falls Freedom Memorial and founder of the Great Falls Historical Society:
Video about the creation of the Freedom Memorial, produced by Nancy Wilson:
To see remarks in the Congressional Record by Congressman Frank Wolf in recognition of the dedication of the Great Falls Freedom Memorial, click here.
Pictures from the dedication of the Freedom Memorial on November 13, 2004, are available here.
To see the contemporaneous press release from Fairfax County about the dedication ceremony for the Freedom Memorial, click here.