ALLEN MACK of Lexington honors Memorial Day on Monday in Caldwell in this World War I uniform. Mack makes public appearances as part of a living history effort to honor soldiers in past years. Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
JOHN MAYSON, HENRY Probst and Sheriff Bill Rios pay respects as the American flag is raised during the Memorial Day ceremony.
LEE HOERMANN addresses the crowd on Monday at the Memorial Day ceremony at the Burleson County War Memorial.
A CROWD OF PATRIOTIC citizens gathered on Monday for the Memorial Day ceremony.
President Abraham Lincoln once wrote to a mother who lost multiple sons in the Civil War, trying to find any words of comfort.
In that letter, he referred to “the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice on the altar of freedom.”
Burleson County also knows a lot about that.
At one time during World War II, the county had one of the highest casualty rates per capita of any U…
