The Chattanooga Area Veterans Council will present a “Remembrance Program for The Fallen Five” next Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Tennessee Riverpark at The Wreath of Honor.
Officials said, "This is the ninth year since July 16, 2015, which is a date that is engrained in the memory of every Chattanoogan and so it’s very important that we never forget the sacrifices made on that date by four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy sailor."
The program will include the placement of wreaths by U.S.
Marines and U.S. Navy personnel at the Five Pillars of the Wreath of Honor. Remarks will be made by Chattanooga Mayor Kelly, Hamilton County Mayor Wamp, Hamilton County Commission Chairman Jeff Eversole and CAVC President Tommy Mitchell, and Melissa Bayless will sing the national anthem. The program will be emceed by Captain Mickey McCamish, U.S. Navy (Retired).