- April 25, 2024
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Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson welcomed attendees to the ceremony.
Commissioner George Oliver III gave the invocation.
Ocoee Police Officer Sara Swarthout, a member of the department’s Honor Guard, stood and saluted.
Ocoee High senior Chloe Rogenus sang the national anthem.
Ocoee Police Officer Joseph Rodriguez stood and saluted.
Commissioner Rosemary Wilsen introduced the keynote speaker.
Ocoee High junior Cadet Captain Damarius Maxwell, a member of the Air Force Junior Officer Reserve Training Corps, was the keynote speaker.
Residents and members of the community listened as Damarius Maxwell gave his Memorial Day speech.
Members of the Ocoee Police Department Honor Guard carried the flag and memorial wreath to the city’s memorial site.
Members of the Ocoee Police Department Honor Guard carefully unfurled and raised the flag.
Ocoee Police Officer Sara Swarthout, a member of the department’s Honor Guard, stood and saluted as the flag was raised. Behind her, city staff and residents stood at attention.
Ocoee High student Josh Ivey played “Taps” on his trumpet.
The memorial wreath stood at the memorial site after the ceremony.
The Ocoee Police Department Honor Guard was an integral part of the ceremony. From left: Officer Joseph Rodriguez, Officer Sara Swarthout and Officer William Richardson.
The city of Ocoee remembered and honored those who fought and gave their lives for our nation’s freedom with a Memorial Day ceremony on Friday, May 25. Held at Bill Breeze Park, the ceremony included a speech from Ocoee High junior Cadet Captain Damarius Maxwell, a member of the Air Force Junior Officer Reserve Training Corps. The Ocoee Police Department Honor Guard was on hand to present and post the colors, and Mayor Rusty Johnson and city commissioners read out the names of fallen Ocoee residents who fought for freedom.
