Ex-Hot Springs resident, one of most-decorated state veterans, Hugh Mills, to return as speaker for Memorial Day ceremony

Retired Lt. Col. Hugh D. Mills Jr., one of Arkansas’ most-decorated veterans, will return to his former hometown Memorial Day, May 28, as the main speaker at a Memorial Day reception and ceremony honoring America’s veterans.

The service will be held at the Veterans Memorial at 2 p.m., preceded by a reception in Mills’ honor from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the nearby Transportation Depot.

The Memorial Day service is being sponsored by the Garland County Veterans Memorial Committee and will also feature “The Memorial Avenue of Flags” at Crestview, Greenwood and Memorial Gardens cemeteries.