Fifteen minutes into the flag-waving, holiday extravaganza of the annual SALUTE! concert, soprano vocalist and Columbus native Abigail Beerwart drove home the point of the 19th annual event with the Hoosier-penned song “Honor.”
Backed by the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, she sang:
We say thank you for your gift of service.
We say thank you for your gift of care.
Thank you to these honored servants,
Keepers of the land, sea and air.
The tune was just one of many laden with gratitude before a sun-splashed, larger-than-normal estimated crowd of 6,000 on Friday evening at the Bartholomew County Memorial For Veterans at Second and Washington streets in downtown Columbus.
For more on this story and more photos, see Sunday’s Republic.
