MILTON, Ga., May 19, 2014 - All gave some, some gave all: a simple phrase used by millions to reflect upon the sacrifices made by our brave servicemen and women who served their country valiantly throughout this nation's history.

It is also the theme of the City of Milton's seventh annual Memorial Day Ceremony, scheduled for Monday, May 26 at 10 a.m. at Freedom Park, 13200 Deerfield Parkway (click here for directions).

This year's ceremony features local veterans, the City of Milton Fire Department Color Guard, Taps, a flyover, and much more.

Retired U. S. Air Force Colonel the Reverend Dr. Robert G. Certain will be the ceremony's featured speaker.

As a combat aviator during the Vietnam War he flew more than 100 missions over Southeast Asia in 1971 and 1972. Certain was shot down and captured in December 1972 and spent several months in a Hanoi, North Vietnam prisoner of war camp.

Following Vietnam, Certain earned his doctorate in divinity and became a military chaplain at the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command and Air Mobility Command and at the Air Force Academy.

In addition, he serves as an advisor to the Secretary of Defense through the Defense Health
Board on its committees on Psychological Health and Medical Ethics and on the Task Force for Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed Forces. He is also an advisor to the Secretary of the Veterans' Affairs through the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War.

Certain is also the founding president of Care For The Troops, Inc., an interfaith charity that teaches faith community leaders to recognize the presence and unique stresses of veterans and their families living in their midst.

When former President Gerald R. Ford died in late 2006, Father Certain was chosen to lead all the memorial services and to preside at his burial in Michigan.

The ceremony will conclude with a roll call of local veterans who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Their friends and families are then invited to reflect upon the markers created to remember their legacy and placed along Deerfield Parkway and in Crabapple by Councilman Bill Lusk.

Please start your Memorial Day by joining the City of Milton in remembering those who have served the cause of freedom to their last breath.