Nice Crowd Turns Out for Annual Memorial Day Event
May 30 -- A nice crowd turned out again this year for the impressive Memorial Day program at the Courthouse. Veterans groups, who had earlier honored war dead at a number of area cemeteries, were on hand to fill the ranks of honor guards and other functions at the ceremony. The event ended with various groups placing floral arrangements at the courthouse site of a stone memorial to all those from St. Francois County who have given their lives during recent wars for the defense of our nation.