90th Annual Memorial Day Commemoration

Mountain View Cemetery honors all veterans at the 90th Annual Memorial Day Commemoration.

This year’s Memorial Day ceremony will be held on Monday, May 30th, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at the second fountain on the Main Avenue of the cemetery.

The traditional placing of the wreath and the 21 gun-salute will be followed by a dove release.  Additional activities and participants include the Piedmont Highlanders Drum & Pipe Trio, Presentation of Colors-Boy Scouts Piedmont Troop 6, Salute to the Fallen, Amy Puccinelli, soloist, and the David Hardiman Trio. The event is hosted by Mountain View Cemetery Association.

Complimentary refreshments will follow the ceremony. Docent Dennis Evanosky will lead a guided tour of the refurbished Civil War plot and other areas of notables that are buried in the cemetery. Join us in remembering our veterans on this special day!

This originally appeared on the Mountain View Cemetery website.