Thursday, April 25, 2024

Veterans to be honored with flags on graves for Memorial Day

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CHELAN - Memorial Day is a holiday for honoring and mourning the military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Local veterans groups encourage all to take a moment out of their morning on Monday, May 25 to remember all veterans, especially those that did not return from the battlefields.
Due to COVID19 VFW Post # 6853 and American Legion Post #108 will not hold their services on Monday morning in Chelan and Manson and the annual Memorial Day Parade honoring those have served will not be held.
Local veterans groups will gather on Saturday morning, May 23 at 9 a.m., at both Fraternal Cemetery and Riverview Cemetery to place flags on veterans graves buried in those cemeteries.

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