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Memorial Day Observance to Honor Fallen

The Monday ceremony is open to the public; volunteers are welcome to join Scouts in planting flags on Saturday.

The public is invited to attend a solemn at  on Monday. The program, starting at 10:30 a.m., will include patriotic songs, a rifle salute, a U.S. Coast Guard flyover and guest speakers.

The observance honors those men and women who have died in service to the nation. Former U.S. Congressman Paul “Pete” McCloskey, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, will deliver the keynote address. Also participating will be a Marine Corps color guard and nine veterans organization. Some 200 flags will line the cemetery’s Avenue of Flags.

In connection with the Monday observance, San Bruno Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts as well as Scouts from around the area and community members and veterans will place more than 112,600 small U.S. flags on gravesites throughout the cemetery.

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Scouts will gather for a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, then disperse to place the flags. Volunteers are welcome to participate.

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