Stephens Co. To Mark Memorial Day Saturday

Stephens County’s annual Memorial Day observance is coming up Saturday in Toccoa.

The Toccoa Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4346, American Legion Post 104, and Marine Corps League Detachment 1303 are hosting this year’s ceremony on Saturday at the VFW Post on West Savannah Street in Toccoa.

It will start at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Rick Hack with the Toccoa VFW said that the observance will last about an hour and memorialize those that have lost their lives serving the country in the Armed Forces.

“We will have a guest speaker which will be the Department of Georgia Commander and we are also going to have a reading of ‘In Flanders Field’,” said Hack. “We will have the Junior ROTC cadets from Stephens County High School. Taps will be played.”

Also, wreaths will be laid in honor and memory of those who have given their lives in service of the nation.

For more information on Saturday’s Memorial Day observance in Toccoa, call Hack at 706-573-7877.