In commemoration of Memorial Day, the Nancy Anderson Chapter of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in conjunction with the Historic City of Lubbock Cemetery, will hold a Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 29th, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. The service will be held in the gazebo in front of the City of Lubbock Cemetery office at 2011 E 31st Street (two blocks east of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. on East 31st St). Admission is free. Guests are highly encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets, as chair seating will be limited.
Congressman Jodey Arrington, U.S. Representative, District 19 will be the featured speaker. Girl Scouts of America Troops will place flags on gravesites that have a Veterans Administration Memorial headstone or footstone. The Singing Men of Indiana Avenue Baptist Church will be singing The National Anthem and God Bless America, and The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard will present our Nation’s colors and honor our Veterans with a 21 Gun Salute followed by the playing of TAPS. It is estimated that there are more than 2,000 veterans who are buried at the Historic City of Lubbock Cemetery. Everyone is encouraged to attend this service and place an American Flag on the grave of a Veteran.
(News release from the City of Lubbock)
