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Photos: Wm Conrad Veterans Memorial Gardens’ Memorial Day Celebration 2024

Published 05/31/2024

The Town of Langston-based Wm Conrad Veterans Memorial Gardens held its annual Memorial Day Remembrance Program on May 27. The program had an intentional focus on veterans who were/are Prisoners of War and those who remain Missing in Action. The remembrance was also intentionally focused on military personnel who have died in the last several years or months.

Many attended and/or participated in the program, including Langston University President Ruth Ray Jackson and other LU faculty and staff members. Please enjoy these photos from this year’s event. All photos were provided by the Wm Conrad Veterans Memorial Gardens.

A page from the Memorial Day Remembrance program shows pictures of several service members from various branches who have been killed in action in the past decade.
The Wm Conrad Veterans Memorial Gardens Memorial Day program had an intentional focus on military personnel who have died in the last several years or months.

 

a group photo with Reverend Hersey Hammons, Dr. Ruth Ray Jackson, MaeOma Williams, Connie Johnson and Stewart Williams
Veterans Memorial Gardens Founders Stewart (far right) and MaeOma (center) Williams, Master of Ceremony Rev. Hersey Hammons (far left), and former Oklahoma Senator Connie Johnson (center right) welcome Langston University’s newly appointed 17th President Ruth Ray Jackson to Memorial Day at the Gardens.

 

A photo of President Ruth Ray Jackson embracing former Oklahoma Senator Connie Johnson.
Langston University President Ruth Ray Jackson (left) greets former Oklahoma Senator Connie Johnson.

 

A photo of Stewart and MaeOma Williams speaking.
Stewart (left) and MaeOma Williams are the Founders and Developers of the Wm Conrad Veterans Memorial Gardens. The Gardens put on a Memorial Day Remembrance Program every year.

 

A photo of the missing service member's table from the Memorial Day ceremony
The Missing Service Member’s Table is a military tradition to always set a place for Prisoners of War and those who are Missing In Action.

 

The Tinker Air Force Color Guard presents the flag of the United States.
The Tinker Air Force Base Color Guard presented the colors at the Memorial Day Remembrance Program.

 

Clara Allen presents an original poem.
Clara Allen, a Langston University counselor, presented an original poem titled “As We Remember.”

 

Vicki Friedemann plays "Taps" on her bugle.
Retired U.S. Air National Guard Bugler Vicki Friedemann played “Taps” at the ceremony.

 

Two Air Force veterans greet each other
Two Air Force veterans greet each other during the community picnic that followed the Memorial Day Remembrance Program.

 

Rev. Everett Mack, Sr., Dr. Ruth Ray Jackson, MaeOma Williams, and Rev. Hersey Hammons pose together for a photo.
New Hope Baptist Church pastor Rev. Everett Mack, Sr., Langston University President Ruth Ray Jackson, Wm Conrad Veterans Memorial Gardens Co-Founder MaeOma Williams, and master of ceremonies Rev. Hersey Hammons pose together for a photo during the community picnic that followed the Remembrance Program.
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