Growing from its humble beginnings as a one-day event in 1977, the festival is today a four-day extravaganza that includes street dances, carnival rides, food vendors, a golf tournament, beauty pageant, a baseball game, an arts and crafts sale, a BBQ cook-off, and a parade .
The festival has at its core the honoring of the crewmembers of the two versions of the Mighty Moo (the USS Cowpens), that focus has been expanded to honor the service of all veterans of all services in all conflicts.
A highlight of the festival is the Veterans Walk of Honor and Remembrance
took place at 11:45, Saturday, June 20 at the Veterans Park. Every veteran in
attendance took part in this event.
The Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard conducted a wreath-laying ceremony at the
conclusion of the Walk of Honor.
The band is the US Forces Fleet band from Norfolk, VA. In the wreath-lay photo, the old gentleman in the wheel chair served on the USS Cowpens (the aircraft carrier) in WWII. The female sailor currently serves on the modern USS Cowpens.
The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank Alanah S. Pearson (ASP Photography) for the photographs.
