At Port Angeles’ Captain Joseph House, Memorial Day service is today
Published 12:01 am Sunday, May 24, 2015
PORT ANGELES — A Memorial Day service will be held at the Captain Joseph House, 1108 S. Oak St., to recognize those who have died in service to their country.
The service will be 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. today (Sunday), the day before Memorial Day.
The public is invited to attend.
Today’s memorial service will be followed by two hours of tours of the Captain Joseph House.
Betsy Reed Schultz, whose son, Army Capt. Joseph Schultz, was killed in Afghanistan in 2011, is turning her former bed-and-breakfast, The Tudor Inn, into a respite center for grieving families of fallen service members.
Oak Street in front of the house will be closed off during the one-hour ceremony, Schultz said.
Participating will be the Port Angeles American Legion Post 29 and the Marine Corps League Honor Guard Mount Olympus Detachment.
A gun salute, posting of the colors, flag line and flag folding ceremony are planned.
Bagpiper Thomas O. McCurdy will play, and the taps bugle call will be heard.
“This is our memorial to recognize men and women since all time of U.S. conflict who have served and died for our country,” said Schultz.
Monday observance at Juan de Fuca Festival
Schultz also will reflect on the meaning of Memorial Day during an observance at the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts at noon on Monday.
Monday’s event will be on the main stage at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St.
For information about Captain Joseph House, click on www.CaptainJosephHouseFoundation.org.
