COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Folks across the country are honoring Memorial Day. Locally, it hits especially close to home.
The city of Columbus, Ga., claims to be the site of one of the first Memorial Day ceremonies in 1866. Today, the National Infantry Museum is home to one of the most expansive memorials in the country.
“We probably have almost as many memorials that honor our fallen as you do on the Mall in Washington, D.C.,” said Brig. Gen. (ret.) Peter Jones, the President and CEO of the National Infantry Museum Foundation…