1996 Miracle Yearbook

Memorial Day Cedarville College is known throughout the community as a body of people who give honor to God by honoring our country. This fact is evidenced annually on Memorial Day,when an entire chapel service is devoted to remembering those men and women who have served in the armed forces throughout our country's history. The chapel service began with hymns of patriotism accompa- nied by the symphonic band. Members of each branch of the military from the college family and the community came to the platform asthe band triumphantly played each group's fight song. Standing together, we sang the familiar yet victorious words of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and recited "The Pledge of Alle- giance." Mr. Ken Huffman, a 1950 graduate from Cedarville and an armed forces veteran, recited Johnny Cash's"Ragged Old Flag," a poem which tenderly honors our nation's symbol. The chapel ended with a presentation encouraging the student body towards political awarenessin thecoming electionsthis November.Though our eternal home may be heaven,we must be active on this earth by voting with wisdom and discernment. Broadcasting major, Dallas Hill, closed the service by recounting the circumstances surrounding Abraham Lincoln's famed writing and reciting of the Gettysburg Address. President Lincoln shines as a model we each mustfollow --devotion to God through devotion to country. - -Erin Johns charter /memorial day