MONROE — Each year Americans across the country, in communities large and small, take the time to remember the lives of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of our nation and the preservation of freedom. We honor those who answered the nation’s call to duty and were willing to lay down their lives so that all Americans could live in relative peace and security. We continue this remembrance with a Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony conducted by the Zilmer-Riley American Legion Post 84 and the Cecil Jones Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2312 of Monroe.