Photos by Naomi Hatch Taylor’s Trapper Days celebration is scheduled on the Saturday Memorial Day weekend each year. It was created as a salute to the town’s heroes, including those who gave their lives in service to our country, veterans and active duty service members. John Packer, an Army veteran and owner of Keep and Bear Arms in Taylor, was the speaker at the 2017 Patriotic Program. He gave an emotional talk on the suicide of veterans. The American Flag that flew over the Veterans Memorial was presented to David Larson, a Marine and veteran of the Korean War. Names added to the Veterans Memorial this year were Glen Rivington, Tamera Bailey and Joe Perkins. Taylor veterans who died during 2016 and 2017 included Michael Adams, U.S. Marine Corps; James C. Click, U.S. Army; Williard Smithson, U.S. Army; Manuel Lewis, U.S. Marine Corps; Joseph Woolford, U.S. Navy; Thomas E. Byars, U.S. Air Force; Robert Yellowhair Sr., U.S. Army; Lanette Bienz, U.S. Coast Guard; Solomon Yamamoto, U.S. Air Force; Roland Lee Jr., U.S. Navy; and Patricia Riggs, U.S. Army.
