A community flagraising ceremony will be held on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30. All Cub scouts and Boy scouts are invited to participate in the ceremony which will be held at the Pioneer Cemetery in Overton (off of Airport Road).
The Scouts are asked to wear their uniform shirts and to be at the cemetery by 6:50 a.m. on Monday morning.
Everyone in the community is invited to be in attendance at the ceremony which will begin promptly at 7 a.m.
Then, on Monday evening, the members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Elwood Perkins Post 8336, will gather to conduct their annual memorial service for all deceased veterans at the Veterans’ Memorial, also at Pioneer Cemebery in Overton. The Post will start with a flag retreat held at 7:00 pm. This will be followed immediately by the memorial service.
The service will be led by Post Commander Bill Cook and will include various members of the Post.
All of the public is invited and encouraged to attend this sunset service honoring the community’s deceased veterans.
