NewsLocal NewsIn Your Parish

Actions

Bridge in Abbeville rededicated on Memorial Day

Posted at 2:10 PM, May 27, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-27 19:53:37-04
Members of American Legion Post 29 and community memnbers gather in Abbeville’s Magdalen Square to redidicate the Vermilion River Bridge / KATC

The bridge over the Vermilion River in Abbeville has been rededicated this Memorial Day.

The rededication, in honor of those in the parish who died in service to the country.

Vermilion Post 29 and members of the community gathered in Magdalen Square under the oaks for the ceremony.

The event also honored the formation of the American Legion which is in its 100th year.