Veterans from Birdston were honored for serving in the many struggles for freedom, including E.J. Turner, Vernon W. Turner, J.J. Hail, Dominic Milazzo, Walter E. Owens, Woodrow Emory, Homer Fullerton, Jr., N. Aubrey Tisdale, Kenneth L. Gilbert, Revis Simmons, Aubrey Gregory, Jerry Turner, John Du Bose, J.P. Morgan, Horace Steele, Angus K. Mcgilvary, William B. Broun, Carlton Gregory, Lee Orr Jenkins, Jim Jack Jenkins, Sidney Steele, Leonard Allmon, Thomas Steele, Joel Steele, Elizabeth Ann Bounds, Carl Ferguson, W.M. Hardage, Kirby Keel Jr., John H. McKissack, Issac Bryant, Edgar Kelly, Robert Clark, Richard J. Ferguson, Marion Mostella, Robert A. Jones, Edgar Epps, John A. Clark, L.T. McKissack, Tommy J. Bryant, Elmer Keel, Raymond Henry, J.W. Robinson, Troy Anderson, Watt Brown, Willis G. Slade, George H. Epps, Robert J. Epps, Wm. G. Johnson, Culburn Knight, Delmer Batey, Oran S. Burleson, Dave W. Clark, Edwin A. Knight, Richard C. Knight, William Tekell, Cecil Tisdale, Neil Tisdale, Derrell J. King, Richard W. Steele, Harris W. Milner, Ernest Bryant, Jr., Robert J. Steele, Elbert Tucker, Van C. Clark, Marion Compton, Elmer Gilbert, Randall Gilbert, Thomas L. Burleson, Jack Cate, Vardeman Keel, T.J. Gilbert, E.E. Lester, Lynn G. Clark, Joe Oliver, Jack Reaves, Everett E Moles, Gilbert McKissack, Raymond Grayson, Billy G. Keel, Wm. C. Thompson, Thomas K. Sherrard, Robert L. Anderson, Marcus V. Turner, Homer K. Livingston, Robert K. Tucker, Roger D. Galaway, Alf D. Milligan, Holland Y. Gregory, Jr., Jerry B. Cole, Jack W. Brooks, Richard R. Lerouax, James W. Gregory, Bobby L. Gregory, Stella Jo McCown, Jerry Don Gee, George S. Westover, Troy O. Sprott, Willis O. Allmon, Calvert A. Carroll, Alvis E. Bryant, Homer V. Knotts, John K. Knotts, Leslie Grayson, Jr., Charles F. Dubose, John Keel, Willie D. Cook, Michael A. Jenkins, Bill Emerson, Garth Anderson, Nowell Didear, Alvin V. Knotts, Bryan C. Knotts, Donald G. Carroll, Don R. Vandiver, Durwood Allen, Bobby Lynn Parsons, Fergie Dubose, Billy Henderson, Bill Gray, Anne Webber, Bill Pillans, Charles Hodge, Sammy J. Sherrard, Joe Roe, Bob Whiteman, Doyle Seale, Bobby Rachel, Sr., Bill Peden, Jack Matthews, John Stubbs, George W. Williams, John Mack Longorio, Asbury McKissack, Louis Vinet, Gene Reppond, Floyd Tool, Jr., Marion Jenkins, Floyd H. Williams, Sam B. Carroll, Jr., Don Land, John A. Keel, Arch Alston, Billy Moore, Donald Heinz, Richard Price, Maurice Marston, Roy A. Allen III, Kenneth McDonald, Henry Beldin, Dickie Cole, Jim Forbus, Danny Estes, and Michael Griffith.