The Mississippi State Department of Health held a ceremony to dedicate a memorial in honor of emergency medical services personnel who died in the line of duty.

Among those in attendance at the department’s Jackson campus were State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves.

During the ceremony, attendees paused to remember the 23 fallen whose names are etched into one side of the stone and steel memorial. On the other side of the memorial, a Biblical passage from 2nd Chronicles 15:7 that reads, “But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded,” is displayed.

Tuesday’s observance highlighted a presentation of the Emergency Medical Services Honor Guard and bell ceremony, which was rung as each name was called.

“We are so proud to have the

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