May 27, 2013
Dr. Stephen Versace accompanied by members of the West Point Class of ’59 and Friends of Rocky Versace places a bouquet of flowers at the base of his brother’s memorial sculpture in the Rocky Versace Plaza on Monday, May 26. Sponsored by the Friends of Rocky Versace and the Mount Vernon Community Center, the ceremony paid tribute to the 67 Alexandria Vietnam War fallen heroes and all the members of the nation’s Armed Forces who died in war and peace. The ceremony opened with the singing of the National Anthem by Miss Virginia Outstanding Teen Andolyn Medina. The St. Rita’s American Heritage Girls led those gathered in the Pledge of Allegiance. The Parochial Vicar of St. Rita’s Roman Catholic Church the Rev. Edwin Perez gave the invocation. A tribute to Capt. HR Rocky Versace written by then Major James N. Rowe was read. Bugler Kenneth Anderson played Taps.
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