Memorial Day Observance

NPS/Alan Marsh

The Iowa monument and surrounding graves on Memorial Day.

MSgt Jennifer Nesbitt to be Featured Speaker at Andersonville Memorial Day Observance
Air Force Master Sergeant Jennifer L. Nesbitt will be the featured speaker on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at the annual Memorial Day Service in Andersonville National Cemetery. The program will begin at 2:00 p.m.

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Each year the park park hosts a series of activities to commemorate the Memorial Day Holiday.

On the Friday before the holiday, the Avenue of Flags is raised in the National Cemetery by volunteers. Throughout the weekend, volunteers honor our veterans by participating in the Flag Placement Program. Saturday morning, volunteers including scout and youth groups from across the state, place flags throughout Andersonville National Cemetery. During the weekend volunteers also assist with maintaining the gravsite flags and the annual Sunday Memorial Day Observance Program. On Tuesday, following Memorial Day, the flags are removed by volunteers.

The culmination of all these activities is the Sunday afternoon Memorial Day ceremony which takes place at the National Cemetery rostrum. The service traditionally includes a musical program, speaker, and the placement of memorial wreaths.

Join us to remember, or contact us to ask how you can help.