Memorial Day ceremonies on the North Olympic Peninsula

Published 12:01 am Sunday, May 24, 2015

Memorial Day ceremonies are planned across the North Olympic Peninsula on Monday.

One service — which is at the Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles — is today.

All others are Monday.

PORT ANGELES

Captain Joseph House

PORT ANGELES — A Memorial Day service is set from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Captain Joseph House, 1108 S. Oak St.

The service will be followed by tours from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. through the house.

Betsy Reed Schultz, whose son, Joseph, was killed in Afghanistan, is turning her former bed-and-breakfast, The Tudor Inn, into a getaway 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.

The Port Angeles American Legion Post 29 and the Marine Corps League Honor Guard Mount Olympus Detachment will participate.

A gun salute, posting of the colors, flag line, flag folding ceremony, bagpiper and playing of taps are planned.

On Monday, Schultz will reflect on the meaning of Memorial Day during an observance at the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts at noon.

The observance will be on the main stage at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St.

For information about Captain Joseph House, see www.CaptainJosephHouseFoundation.org.

Memorial Day ceremony

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Veterans Association will conduct a Memorial Day ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park at 9:30 a.m.

The ceremony at 45 Monroe Road will honor deceased veterans.

It will be at the flagpole in the Veterans Circle at the south end of the grounds.

Cemetery help

PORT ANGELES — Volunteers are needed to decorate Port Angeles-area cemeteries Monday.

The Port Angeles Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1024 Post 1024 members will display U.S. flags on poles along the driveways at Ocean View Cemetery, 3127 W. 18th St., and Mount Angeles Memorial Park, 45 Monroe Road, beginning at 7 a.m.

Volunteers are needed to help put up the flagpoles and then return at 4 p.m. to take them down.

For information, call Dale Koelling at 360-477-5686 or 360-477-5687.

SEQUIM/GARDINER

American Legion, VFW

SEQUIM — The Sequim American Legion Post 62 with VFW Post 4760 will conduct a Memorial Day ceremony at Sequim View Cemetery, 1505 Sequim-Dungeness Way, at 11 a.m. Monday.

American Legion members then will head to ceremonies at 11:30 a.m. at Jamestown S’Klallam Cemetery, at noon at Dungeness Cemetery and at 12:45 p.m. at Blue Mountain Cemetery.

The VFW will visit Pioneer Memorial Park at 11:30 a.m., Blyn Cemetery at noon and the Gardiner Community Center at 12:30 p.m.

PORT TOWNSEND

Wreaths, music

PORT TOWNSEND — Mayor David King will speak on “Honoring Memorial Day Every Day” during a Memorial Day ceremony at noon Monday at the Marvin G. Shields Memorial Post 26 of the American Legion, 209 Monroe St.

Gary Lane, Post 26 commander, will open the cermeony.

Immediately before, at 11:30 a.m., the 37-piece Port Townsend Summer Band, led by Legion member Karl Bach, will present a half-hour concert at the American Legion Hall at 209 Monroe St.

At 1 p.m., a wreath-laying ceremony will be at City Dock.

After the ceremony, the Post 26 Auxiliary will provide a potluck luncheon.

Earlier that morning, the honor guard of Marvin G. Shields Memorial Post 26 of the American Legion, led by Robert Saring, will conduct wreath-laying services at Fort Worden Military Cemetery at 10 a.m., Laurel Grove Cemetery on Old Discovery Bay Road at 10:30 a.m. and St. Mary Cemetery on San Juan Avenue at 11 a.m.

Selena Espinoza will sing the national anthem, and Rick Castellano will sound the taps bugle call, while local Scouts will place flags at the grave markers of military veterans.

For more information, call 360-385-3454.

PORT LUDLOW

Flag retirement

PORT LUDLOW — The South Bay Community Association will host the retirement of worn U.S. flags at the Port Ludlow Bay Club at 11 a.m. Monday.

Active-duty Marines will support the ceremony at the club at 120 Spinnaker Place. A one-hour reception will follow at noon.

For more information, call 360-437-2208 or email bayclub@cablespeed.com.

BRINNON

Brinnon ceremony

BRINNON — Brinnon Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 10706 will conduct a half-hour Memorial Day service at Brinnon Cemetery at 11 a.m. Monday.

The cemetery is near Brinnon Community Church. Music will be performed by Kendra and James. The playing of taps will conclude the ceremony.

CHIMACUM

Parade of flags

CHIMACUM — VFW No. 7498 and the post’s Ladies’ Auxiliary plan a parade of flags at Chimacum Cemetery at 3 p.m. Monday.

A potluck is planned afterwards at the post, 31 Matheson St., Port Hadlock.

FORKS

Monument ceremony

FORKS — Forks students will lead a ceremony at the West End veterans monument at City Hall, 500 E. Division St., at 11 a.m. Monday.

If the weather is bad, the ceremony will move to council chambers.

The rifle squad of VFW Post 4106 will provide a gun salute.

Participants will then travel to the Transit Center for a short ceremony to lay a wreath and drop the flag to half-staff.