

I have witnessed ceremonies throughout our country many times, and I have seen none that I thought exceeded in its exhibition of skill, in marching, and music, the one I saw today.īut another feeling is also deeply imbedded in my heart today. I came on the battlefields of the world, and in times of peace, to have for them a respect, an admiration, which will never die.Īnd finally I should like to compliment the particular members of this parade on their performance. I am delighted that some portions of the Armed Forces, both in the professional, the civilian and the cadet formations, could find it possible to be here today. I am certain also that you would expect me, on this day, to have a special feeling for the Armed Forces of America. We are more than grateful for every smile we have seen, for every shout that we have heard. You typify for us that great spirit of America, indeed maybe we could say Kansas, cordiality and hospitality that we have come to expect every time we come back to Dickinson County and Abilene. And so I decided that whatever I should feel upon my arrival here I should try to communicate to you in a few simple words as I performed my small part in the dedication of this memorial.įirst, may I express on behalf of every member of the Eisenhower family our very warm thanks to each individual here attending today. I decided that upon reaching here I would be so swept with waves of emotion that anything that I did in advance would be utterly useless and would be thrown away as I stood before you. Visit the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle (Abilene, Kan.) at Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Knowing that I was going to be privileged to attend this ceremony today, I seriously considered the idea of preparing for it a talk. 7.Ĭontact Tim Horan at the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle (Abilene, Kan.) The preliminary hearing for both cases has been set for Dec. She said the sexual abuse started in May 2006 and ended in 2015. The accusations of sexual relations with a child first surfaced in May 2018 when a girl went to the Abilene police.

Sentencing ranges for the first count is a minimum of 55 months to 221 months and a $300,000 fine. He has been charged with intentionally having sexual intercourse with a child 14 or more years of age but less than 16 and felony indecent solicitation of a child. The alleged victim said "she told Eric she didn't want to do it and that he was married." 19, 2007, Eric James Millsap, had sexual intercourse with a child.being 14 to 15 years of age at the time of the sexual intercourse," the affidavit reads. "That based on information, an affiant believes that on or about Sept. Several paragraphs were redacted from the affidavit acquired Monday by the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle through the Kansas Open Records Act. 30-In addition to allegedly having sexual relations with an eight-year old, Eric Millsap has also been accused of having sexual relations with another 14-year-old.Īccording to the affidavit, a legal document to support the arrest, on August 29, two days after Millsap made his first appearance in Dickinson County District Court on multiple accounts of rape, another alleged victim told an Abilene Police Department investigator that Millsap had sex with her more than 10 times from 2005 to 2007.
