Columbus and Bartholomew County honored its fallen service members with a ceremony Monday morning at the Memorial for Veterans on the courthouse lawn.

The featured speaker was Eli Edwards, a graduate of CSA New Tech High School, who will be leaving in a month for the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Edwards, said that he has learned much from his time volunteering at the the Bakalar Air Museum, taking advice from the veterans who work there.

U.S. Navy Lt. Commander E. Reeves Flint gave the opening invocation and the closing prayer.

Columbus North High School sophomore sang the National Anthem for the ceremony.