Memorial Day flag placement Friday at Lone Mountain, Monday ceremony at Stewart cemetery
The Disabled American Veterans and other local veterans organizations from the Carson City area will place 1,200 U.S. flags on veterans graves at Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City on Friday, May 27 beginning at 4 p.m.
Other groups will be assisting, including some members of the NJROTC, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts and Elks Lodge. Volunteers are welcome to help place flags and youth groups are encouraged and welcomed to participate.
Flags will be available to those who want to post at Lone Mountain or any other cemetery. Lone Mountain Cemetery is located at 1044 Beverly Dr. in Carson City. On Monday, beginning at 4 p.m. the flags will be removed. The public is invited to participate in both placing and removing flags, said Gary Armstrong of the Marine Corps League of Carson City.
The League will hold a Memorial Day ceremony for the Native American Indian community at the Stewart Cemetery on Monday, May 30, beginning at 10 a.m. The Historic Stewart Indian School Cemetery is located off Snyder Avenue, behind Corpus Christi Catholic Church, and across from the Stewart Indian School complex.
Everyone is welcomed to attend and are encouraged to honor Native American war heroes from the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam war and our recent conflicts in the Middle East, said Armstrong of the Marine Corps League of Carson City service. An Honor Guard will be present.
Organizers say they are looking for a bugler to participate in the Monday ceremony.
“We had a former military bugler play ‘Taps’ for us last year, and we didn’t get a name or a contact number and would sure like to have him back at our Monday ceremony,” said Armstrong.
Anyone interested in playing the bugle Monday should call Armstrong at (775) 882-1682.
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