Daphne honors veterans advocate Dr. Barry Booth with key to city

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Dr. Barry Booth greets visitors to the Daphne City Council meeting on Monday, May 18, 2026, at Daphne City Hall in Daphne, Ala. Booth, an iconic advocate for veterans and veterans issues, was honored with a proclamation and a key to the city during the council meeting.

Daphne Mayor Robin LeJeune, Booth, and Daphne City Council President Benjamin Hughes.

Dr. Barry Booth poses with members of the veterans community and with Daphne city leaders after receiving a proclamation from the City of Daphne on Monday, May 18, 2026, at Daphne City Hall in Daphne, Ala. Booth, 85, is an iconic advocate for veterans and veteran causes in coastal Alabama whose efforts include the founding of a veterans cemetery in Spanish Fort, sculptures and art work dedicated to veterans causes and for organizing and overseeing Honor Flight South Alabama that provided nine missions from Mobile to Washington, D.C., between 2008 to 2013. The flights carried over 950 World War II veterans to visit the nation's war memorials.

Dr. Barry Booth is honored by the City of Daphne with a proclamation and a key to the city during a ceremony on Monday, May 18, 2026. In this picture, Daphne Mayor Robin LeJeune stands next to Booth while holding a picture of Booth's late mother.

Dr. Barry Booth is honored by the City of Daphne with a proclamation and a key to the city on Monday, May 18, at Daphne City Hall in Daphne, Ala. Booth, 85, is an iconic advocate for veterans in coastal Alabama and beyond. His efforts included organizing and coordinating Honor Flight South Alabama, which included nine missions from Mobile to Washington, D.C., between 2008 to 2013. The flights carried more than 950 World War II veterans to visit the nation's war memorial.

Daphne's Veterans memorial was dedicated to American veterans of all wars in May 1993. The status is a 21-foot bronze fist tightly clinched around a flagstaff with the stars and stripes flying overhead. The memorial has been located for the past 33 years at Veteran's Point at the intersection of Old Spanish Trail and U.S. Highway 98. The statue's artist was Dr. Barry Booth, an iconic veteran who was celebrated by the City of Daphne on Monday, May 18, 2026, with a proclamation and an key to the city.

Dr. Barry Booth, an iconic advocate for veterans in coastal Alabama and for veterans causes, meets with visitors to the Daphne City Council meeting on Monday, May 18, 2026, in Daphne, Ala.

Dr. Barry Booth reminded guests gathered in his honor Monday about the important work ahead: flags will be distributed to the graves at the Alabama Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort on Saturday, ahead of Memorial Day services on Monday.

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