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Memorial Day Ceremony for PVT Adolf Vercruysse - Houthulst - 24/05/2024
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Memorial Day Ceremony for PVT Adolf Vercruysse - Houthulst - 24/05/2024
24/05/2024 - Houthulst
On Friday morning, 24 May 2024, there was a small ceremony for PVT Adolf Vercruysse of the 318th Field Remount Squadron. He was born in Belgium and emigrated to America. He returned to Europe to fight and died in WW1. His brother fought in the same war and is buried on the other side of St John Baptist Church in Houthulst (with the veterans).
The programme was as follows:
welcome
the story of Adolf Vercruysse
placing of the National Flags
laying of wreaths
excerpt from Ronald Reagan's Speech on 21 November 1988
Taps
moment of silence
national anthems
children received a pin from General Flynn.
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