Scotland-Windthorst VFW holds Memorial Day events

WINDTHORST, Texas (KAUZ) - In Archer County, Veterans of Foreign Wars held back-to-back ceremonies in honor of veterans who have passed away.

VFW Post 2676 brought the community together at Saint Bonafice Church in Scotland and at Saint Mary’s in Windthorst this morning.

The Scotland ceremony shined a light on the lives of those etched into a nearby veterans’ tombstone, underscored by the phrase “freedom isn’t free”

Captain Odom spoke at both ceremonies about the cost of freedom and how that cost has come to unite the country on days like Memorial Day.

We spoke to a veteran attending the Windthorst ceremony about what’s on his heart during Memorial Day.

Zotz said serving gave him a family in the Army and later enabled him to form a strong biological family. Memorial Day reminds him of the lives it cost to give him and his loved ones those bonds. He said the best way to honor veterans, alive or otherwise, is to love each other and not let our differences come between us.