Montgomery County announces Christy Wentzell selected as Community Corrections Program Manager
February 4, 2014
Montgomery County, TN – The Montgomery County Mayor’s Office is pleased to announce that Christy Wentzell has been selected as the new Community Corrections Program Manager.
She has most recently been serving as an Executive Lieutenant for the Henry County Police Department, McDonough, Georgia.
Memorial Day History
May 30, 2011
From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, D.C. – Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5th, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30th. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.
The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. [Read more]
