- March 6, 2025
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Norm Levine, left, of Maitland pauses for a photo with Tuskegee Airman Daniel Keel.
The presentation of the colors.
Ocoee Police Officer Duane Hunt sang a beautiful rendition of the national anthem.
Ocoee commissioners Joel Keller, Richard Firstner and John Grogan recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Daniel Keel was the keynote speaker at Ocoee's Memorial Day ceremony.
Officers walk the folded American flag and memorial wreath to the city's war memorial.
A moving rendition of taps was played.
A police officer stands watch over Ocoee's war memorial.
Officials gather to shake the hand of keynote speaker Daniel Keel.
The city of Ocoee held a moving Memorial Day ceremony Friday, May 27, at the Ocoee Lakeshore Center. Mayor Rusty Johnson, a Vietnam War veteran, presided over the program. The Ocoee Police Department presented the colors.
Ocoee High School's Air Force JROTC Color Guard were responsible for placing American flags at the city cemetery.
Officer Duane Hunt of the Ocoee Police Department sang a beautiful rendition of the national anthem.
Daniel Keel, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, was the keynote speaker. He shared his World War II experiences, including the extensive racism that black men faced in the military.
After the ceremony, officials and guests walked to the nearby war memorial and the mayor and several commissioners read the names of the war dead: Billy Bennett, James W. Brown, James W. Bruce, Jack Corbin, Charles Day, Robert L. Day, Buford Gerald Johnson, Robert G. Fischer, Logan A. McNeil, George Robert Salisbury, James S. Simmons, Walter I. Turner, Dominic Ungaro and Eric Ulysses Ramirez.
