Writer to speak at Service

Harry Spiller, author of many books about war memories, including Scars of Vietnam; Vietnam: Angel of Death; Pearl Harbor Survivor: An Oral History; and Vietnam POWs, will be the keynote speaker.
The flag of the U.S. will be raised in honor of the service personnel who have died in the recent Iraqi conflict, and the National Anthem will be sung by Cedar Thibeault of the local group "Sassyfras," which has a webpage.

The invocation and benediction will be offered by Pastor Norman Greer of the New Zion Missionary Baptist Church.
Other participants will include VFW Post 2605, Company C of the 31st Illinois Volunteer Infantry, the Daniel H. Brush Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 514, and Carbondale Girl Scouts. Where are the Boy Scouts? Ample seating will be provided for the amplest of sitters.

Gleaned from the press release the city sent out last week.