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Veterans to be focus of weekend activities
Saturday, May 29, 2004 9:58 AM PDT
Following is a roundup of local events scheduled on the South Coast during the Memorial Day weekend:
United Veterans Parade
In Coos Bay, a parade to honor veterans will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday behind the Bi-Mart near Second Street and Golden Avenue in Coos Bay. Veterans can register there at 8 a.m. for the march to Commercial Avenue.
The parade will feature the Marshfield High School marching band and the North Bend High School marching band along with Boy Scouts from Blossom Gulch Elementary School.
After the parade, participants are invited to a ceremony at Ocean View Cemetery in Coos Bay, where 600 flags will be placed on graves of veterans.
Ocean View Memory Gardens
American Legion of the Bay Area, Post 34 will hold Memorial Day services at 10 a.m. on Monday at Ocean View Memory Gardens. A flag salute will open the ceremony and members of the Elks, the Eagles and the Lions will lay wreaths on graves.
The same ceremony will be repeated at 11 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Millington.
Hahn Park service
Memorial services honoring past and present military members and emergency response personnel will take place at Hahn Park in Reedsport at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Cmdr. Walt Nasmyth, of the Oregon Landing Ship Tank Group Association, will speak at the ceremony along with Reedsport Mayor Keith Tymchuk.
Service at Masonic Cemetery
A Memorial Day observance will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday at the Reedsport Masonic Cemetery.
A wreath will be placed by the U.S. Coast Guard at the memorial marker beside the grave of the unknown soldier in remembrance of the men and women who have served in the military.
Jim Hanson, Reedsport city manager, will speak at the ceremony along with Jim Ives, Covenant United Methodist Church pastor.
The event will be sponsored by members of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3594 and American Legion, Post 62.
Annual blessing of the fleet
The annual blessing of the fleet will take place at 10 a.m. on Monday at the Charleston Fishermen's Memorial near the launch ramp at Charleston Marina.
Services will be led by the Rev. Ross Wilbanks of the Charleston Community Church, who will speak on "A Memorial to Free Men." The U.S. Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat Intrepid will take floral arrangements to sea.
Following the service, there will be a reception in the recreation room at the Charleston Marina RV Park at 63402 Kingfisher Road.
Myrtle Crest Memorial Gardens
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 965 will begin Memorial Day ceremonies at Sturdivant Park in Coquille at 10 a.m. on Monday. From there, the observance will move to Myrtle Crest Memorial Gardens at 10:30 a.m. and then to Masonic Cemetery, the Pioneer Cemetery and the City Cemetery, all in Coquille.
Port of Bandon Service
A memorial service will be held at the Port of Bandon at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Local clergy will hold a service at the Fisherman's Memorial.
A procession of boats will take flowers to sea following the service. |