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2023 Memorial Day Ceremony


Everyone is invited to attend the annual Memorial Day Ceremony on 29 May 2023, 11:00 am at the Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery.  The ceremony will honor the over 1,600 Veterans interred at the cemetery. 

 

The ceremony will include a musical interlude, National Anthem, and taps by the 29th Division Army National Guard Band, arrival and closing bagpipe music in honor of our Veterans, presentation and posting of the colors by the Boy Scouts of America, a keynote speaker from the Virginia Department of Veterans Services, wreath presentations, and a 21-gun salute by the American Legion Post 58 rifle team. 

 

This is a children friendly event.  Adequate handicap parking and buses will be provided for the event.  In addition, several state delegates and mayors are scheduled to attend to ceremony.

Monday, May 29th, 2023
@11:00 a.m.

Sponsored by
The Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery Volunteers 

 

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