Photos: Memorial Day Ceremony at Fredericksburg National Cemetery

The 23rd Regiment United States Colored Troops processed from Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) to Fredericksburg National Cemetery for the annual commemorative ceremony honoring the nation’s fallen soldiers.

"The procession recalls a long-ago tradition of Fredericksburg citizens, many of them former slaves," a National Park Service spokesperson said during the ceremony. 

Erik Nelson, a Navy veteran, Fredericksburg city planner and historian, provided the keynote speech and The Rev. James Dannals, rector of St. George's Episcopal Church.

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