Several Services Planned for Memorial Day

There are several services planned this Monday as the Wenatchee Valley commemorates the 153rd Memorial Day.

The Memorial Day Program is under the direction of the Patriotic Council.

Services are as follows:

Wenatchee City Cemetery - 9:00 am

• Master of Ceremonies - Fred Willsey
• Officer of the Day, Presentation of Colors - John Gill
• Invocation - Rev. Doug Gardner
• National Anthem - Sarah Simonson
• City Proclamation & Memorial Day Address - Mayor Frank Kuntz
• Laying of Wreaths - Featuring Veterans of Foreign Wars #3617, Veterans of Foreign Wars #3617 Auxiliary, American Legion Post #10, American Legion Post #10 Auxiliary, John Kendrick Chapter NSDAR, Gold Star Mothers, Military Order of the Purple Heart, U.S. Armed Forces and Wartime Merchant Marine
• Benediction - Rev. Doug Gardner
• Firing Team Salute and Taps - American Legion Post #10

Columbia River Pedestrian Bridge - 10:00 am

In memory of those lost at sea. After a brief dedication a wreath will be released from the mid-point of the bridge into the Columbia River by East Wenatchee Mayor Jerrilea Crawford and Wenatchee Mayor Frank Kuntz.

Evergreen Memorial Cemetery - 11:00 am

• Master of Ceremonies - Fred Willsey
• Officer of the Day, Presentation of Colors - John Gill
• Invocation - Rev. Doug Gardner
• National Anthem - Sarah Simonson
• City Proclamation & Memorial Day Address - Mayor Jerrilea Crawford
• Laying of Wreaths - Featuring Veterans of Foreign Wars #3617, Veterans of Foreign Wars #3617 Auxiliary, American Legion Post #10, American Legion Post #10 Auxiliary, John Kendrick Chapter NSDAR, Gold Star Mothers, Military Order of the Purple Heart, U.S. Armed Forces and Wartime Merchant Marine
• Benediction - Rev. Doug Gardner
• Firing Team Salute and Taps - American Legion Post #10

Pybus Market 12:00 pm

• Pybus Market will hold a Memorial Day Flag Ceremony. This moving and somber ceremony will include a Convocation and a short history of Memorial Day. "Taps" will be played and an Honor Guard will conduct the Firing of Three Volleys to Honor the Fallen.
• Ceremony and Color Guard - Veterans of Foreign Wars #3617
• Honor Guard - American Legion Post #10