About two dozen people gathered outside the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum in Mount Pleasant on Monday for a Memorial Day ceremony. The Taps Across America ceremony commemorates those who have served and lost their lives in service to their country. As part of the ceremony, musicians play and participate in a moment of silence with community members. Marcia Morris is an organizer with the museum who started hosting the event during the pandemic. She says it was important for people to participate in acts of remembrance, even during times of isolation.
“There wasn't anything else right here in Mount Pleasant, no parades or special ceremonies, and we felt like as a historical society, it was our place to remind people and within the museum we have lots of artifacts relating to military history, local military history, local people who lost their lives in service to their country and so it's just, you know, growing on all of that,” Morris said.
Monday’s ceremony also provided community members an opportunity to ring a bell to commemorate those who have lost their lives serving their country.