Military fallen remembered in Roaring Springs park

CLB453 MOTORTRANSPORT COMPANY served as color guard at the Memorial Day Ceremony in Roaring Springs, a special order from Washington, D.C. | DEIDRA CLIFTON PHOTO
CLB453 MOTORTRANSPORT COMPANY served as color guard at the Memorial Day Ceremony in Roaring Springs, a special order from Washington, D.C. | DEIDRA CLIFTON PHOTO

Roaring Springs Citizens and surrounding communities were invited to the Frank Mitchell Memorial Park in Roaring Springs for a Memorial Day ceremony Monday, May 26, to honor the community’s fallen heroes.

This year, planning for the color guard began in February when Larry Clifton wrote a letter to the Commandant of the Marine Corps in Washington, D.C. “After the failed attempts of finding a color …