Memorial Day Events
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May 24, 2008 - 07:03 PM

Frank Varga

Clay Simpson, 14, pauses Friday afternoon at Bow Cemetery after placing a flag at the grave of Donald G. Martin — a U.S. Navy medical doctor who served in World War II and died in 2002. Simpson and other eighth-graders from Edison Elementary School placed 323 flags at the graves of veterans in honor of

MAY 24

COUPEVILLE — The 2008 Coupeville Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance Ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday. The parade will include the Navy Northwest Band’s patriotic ensemble “Sound of Freedom” and a U.S. Navy jet flyover. Speakers will include Capt. Gerrall David, NAS Whidbey Island Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Joseph DiGuardo, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eleven and William McDaniel, Retired Navy Rear Admiral, surgeon, author and reality TV star of ABC’s “The Mole.” Call the Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce at 360-678-5434 or visit http://www.centralwhidbeychamber.com.

MOUNT VERNON — A memorial dedication ceremony will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 24, at the Washington State University Skagit County Master Gardener Display Garden on the grounds of the Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center at 16650 SR 536. The ceremony will dedicate a new marker to restore the memorial significance of Memorial Highway, State Route 536, west of Mount Vernon. The Rev. Ron Deegan of First Baptist Church in Mount Vernon will serve as master of ceremonies for the dedication. Speakers will recount the story of Memorial Highway and the history of the monument followed by a reading of the names of the Skagit Valley soldiers who lost their lives in World War I, the playing of taps and retiring of the colors. A reception will follow in the Sakuma auditorium.

In 1931, the highway was designated as Memorial Highway and both sides of the roadway were planted with 180 elm trees to memorialize the Skagit County citizens who gave their lives in World War I. Today all but three of the trees have died or been cut down. A memorial stone engraved to again memorialize Skagitonians lost in “the war to end all wars” has been installed in a circular arbor in the rose garden of the Master Gardeners’ Display Garden just west of the NWREC. Call WSU Skagit County Extension at 360-428-4270.

MAY 26


ANACORTES — American Legion Post 13, Veterans of Foreign Wars and others will hold a series of memorial services Monday at three cemeteries on Fidalgo and Guemes islands. Veterans will meet at 9 a.m. at the Guemes Ferry dock, 500 I Ave., Anacortes, and proceed to the Edens Cemetery, Edens Road, Guemes Island for a brief ceremony. They will return to Anacortes for a 10:30 ceremony at the Grandview Municipal Cemetery, 411 Hillcrest Drive. Their final stop will be an 11 a.m. ceremony at Fern Hill Cemetery, 7427 Highway 20. Call Jack Turner at 293-7248.

BAYVIEW — Burlington American Legion Memorial Post 91 members and cadets from the Burlington-Edison NJROTC unit will conduct memorial services at 9 a.m. Monday at Bayview cemetery.

BOW — Burlington American Legion Memorial Post 91 members and cadets from the Burlington-Edison NJROTC unit will conduct memorial services at 10 a.m. Monday at Bow cemetery.

BURLINGTON — Burlington American Legion Memorial Post 91 members and cadets from the Burlington-Edison NJROTC unit will conduct memorial services at 11 a.m. Monday at Burlington cemetery, 11157 N. Gardener Road. Lunch will be served by the Memorial Post 91 Auxiliary at the Legion Hall, 721 E. Fairhaven Ave., Burlington. Call 360-757-9629.

CONCRETE — Heskett-Arnold American Legion Post 132 of Concrete will be joined by Sedro-Woolley American Legion Post 43 to hold a memorial service at 1 p.m. Monday at Forest Park Cemetery, Compton Lane and Cemetery Road. Congressman Rick Larsen will speak. A potluck lunch will follow at American Legion Post 132, 45952 Main St.

CONWAY — Mason-McConkey American Legion Post 147 of Conway will have a memorial service at 11 a.m. Monday at Fir-Conway Lutheran Cemetery on Milltown Road. The Rev. Roger Patrow will be the speaker, with refreshments to follow the service.

FRIDAY HARBOR — Hacket Larson Post 163 of the American Legion and residents of Friday Harbor will offer a Memorial Day Parade and Commemoration at 10 a.m. Monday. There will be a parade along the first two blocks of Spring Street and a ceremony at the town’s waterfront Memorial Park, the first monument erected in Washington to honor those who died in WWI. Watch as World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Middle East veterans, Pig War re-enactors, Boy Scouts and local school children participate in this event. Call 360-378-5705 or visit http://www.post163.org.

FERNDALE — Moles Greenacres Memorial Park, 5700 Northwest Drive, will present the Memorial Day weekend “Festival of Flags,” featuring 1,400 flags, family activities, speakers, refreshments and more from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday through Monday, May 24-26. The raising of the flags will begin Saturday morning with children’s activities, World War II memorabilia and living history displays, storytelling and refreshments planned for all three days. The Albert J. Hamilton Remembrance Ceremony from 2 to 3 p.m. Monday will include speakers, a veterans’ flag-raising, presentations to vet families, music and a fly-over by former Apollo 8 astronaut Greg Anders in a vintage aircraft from Bellingham’s Heritage Flight Museum. Call 360-384-3401.

LA CONNER — The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, 17666 Valentine Road, will hold a memorial service at 9 a.m. Monday.

MOUNT VERNON — The Mount Vernon Cemetery, 1122 S. Third St., will hold a memorial service at 1 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Ron Deegan will lead the service, which will include vocal and piano solos and a military medley with buglers and an accordion band. The Marine Corps League Skagit Valley Detachment 1043 will present military honors. Refreshments will follow compliments of the cemetery and Kern Funeral Home. Call 360-336-2153.

MOUNT VERNON — Hawthorne Memorial Park, 1825 E College Way, will hold a memorial service at 11 a.m. Monday. It will include a flag ceremony by the Marine Corps League Skagit Valley Detachment 1043, a roll call of deceased veterans, “Words of Remembrance” from the Rev. Kevin Forquer and Echo Taps. Refreshments will follow the service. Call 360-424-1154 or visit http://www.hawthornefh.com.

SEDRO-WOOLLEY — American Legion Post 43 will hold a memorial ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday at Union Cemetery, 2261 Wicker Road. After the laying of wreaths by the Post Auxiliary, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen will speak.


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