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Mount Vernon ceremony honors World War I hero Joseph Berg, installs replacement plaque
Summary
Community members and the Anne Washington Chapter (Daughters of the American Revolution) marked the centennial of a 1925 monument to Joseph Berg, installed a duplicate of a missing plaque, and held a reception at Hawthorne Funeral Home and Memorial Park.
Members of the Anne Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and local volunteers gathered in Mount Vernon City to mark the centennial of a 1925 monument honoring Joseph Berg and to place a replacement plaque after a missing tablet was noted during cleaning in 2014.
The ceremony included a posting of colors by BSA Troop 4001, the Pledge of Allegiance led by Eagle Scout Bradley Tormey, an invocation by Roxanne Baxter and a benediction by Trish Vaughn. Roxanne Baxter, identified in the program as U.S. Navy (ret.) and a past Anne Washington chapter chaplain, said in her invocation: "May we never forget their sacrifices." Vaughn closed the program with a prayer that thanked God "for the courage and sacrifice of not only Joseph Berg, but of all of…
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