Martha Sander and Gene Banes watch as Shirley Banes releases a balloon as part of the Domestic Violence Month ceremony Monday on the Vernon County Courthouse lawn. Photos by Gloria Tucker/Daily Mail.
Attendees of the Domestic Violence Awareness ceremony plant flowers to commemorate victims on the courthouse lawn Monday.
About 50 people gather near the Vernon County Courthouse to kick-off Domestic Violence Month Monday with a release of purple balloons in commemoration of the victims of domestic violence.