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[email protected] Amid, and despite, a down- pour Monday morning, batch- es of fish were still fried, songs of joy and praise were still sung and veterans were still honored at an annual Memorial Day event at South Sumter Park. The annual get-together is usually held at the outdoor park, but rain forced attend- ees to pack the gymnasium. Sumter City Councilman Calvin Hastie, who spear- heads the event, has said PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM while Memorial Day is a time The Shaw Air Force Base Honor Guard performs a 21-gun salute Monday at Mabry Memorial. For a more in-depth story of the ceremony, visit to be reflective and commem- www.theitem.com and watch today’s episode of Sumter Today online this afternoon. orative of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, it is also a Ceremony honors those who made ultimate sacrifice time to celebrate the free- doms they have afforded the nation's citizens and a time to teach the younger generation BY KAYLA ROBINS made the ultimate sacrifice for the free- sacrifice; to remember that is the true — who have never experi-
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