Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield WILL OBSERVE “SPIRIT OF ’45 DAY” COMMEMORATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II.

The Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield will observe “SPIRIT OF ’45 DAY” on  Aug 16, 2015. 

The program will begin at 2:00 PM  at the Committal Shelter Plaza in the cemetery.

The second Sunday in August has been proposed as “Spirit of ’45 Day” to commemorate the anniversary of the end of World War II on August 14, 1945.  With the assistance of the Stoddard County Veterans Honor Guard, the Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield will honor WWII veterans by participating in the National Spirit of ’45 Program and placing a wreath at the Cemetery.

Since opening on September 29, 2003 the cemetery has conducted over 2450 interments.  The interments have included individuals from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War periods.  The cemetery is the final resting place for many veterans, including former Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action or Killed in Action.

Families and friends of those interred as well as the general public are invited to attend.

For more information you may contact the cemetery at 573-568-3871.