美高梅博彩的两名员工，退伍军人外展专家比利·蒂格（Billy Teague）和退伍军人服务协调员克雷格·格林伍德（Craig Greenwood）在5月29日星期一的阵亡将士纪念日仪式上分别发表了讲话。 

蒂格在谢尔曼的西山公墓发表了阵亡将士纪念日演讲。 Addressing a crowd of more than 200, Teague, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Army National Guard, U.S. Army and current member of the Texas State Guard Medical Brigade, spoke on the origin of Memorial Day and shared his personal story of waiting on his hero—his father—to return home from Vietnam 48 years ago.

In closing, Teague challenged the audience to follow the advice of the late 总统 John F. Kennedy who said, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live 通过 them.”

在丹尼森阵亡将士纪念日纪念仪式上发表主旨演讲的是在美国空军服役28年后于2015年退役的克雷格·格林伍德中校。

格林伍德在丹尼森SNAP中心与大约150名与会者讨论了阵亡将士纪念日的历史。 He went on to share stories of local veterans, including Dub Phelps from Sadler, Jack Morrison of Denison and Braden Long of Sherman—all three men died in action.

“We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, 通过 one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens,” said Greenwood. “For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.”