City of Lincoln hosting numerous Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The city of Lincoln is inviting community members to three Memorial Day events on Monday.

The Lincoln Memorial Day Observance Association organizes the events with assistance from the Veterans Memorial Garden Advisory Council.

The ceremonies are as follows:

8:30 a.m., Wyuka Cemetery & Funeral Home, 3600 O St.

• The ceremony will include wreath casting from the historic bridge and a parade beginning at the Historic Stables and Bridge; the Lincoln Fire and Rescue/Lincoln Police Department Color Honor Guard; an invocation and benediction by Pastor Tom Barber, Peoples City Mission; the National Anthem by Chloe Hughes; remarks by Greg Osborn and Chloe Biester; and decorating of the Grand Army of the Republic Circle by Girl Scout Troop 20205.

11:30 a.m., Lincoln Memorial Park and Funeral Home, 6800 S. 14th St.

• Attendees may enter the cemetery at gates one or three. The ceremony will include the Veterans of Foreign Wars 131, 3606, and 7722, as well as a welcome by Ed Hall. Chaplain Julie Pulec, Lincoln Lancaster Chaplaincy Corps, will offer the invocation and benediction. Kwame Gyamfi, LMDOA, and Gailen Young, Vietnam Veterans of America 727, will conduct the placement of the wreath and battlefield cross. Brooklynn Lee England will sing the National Anthem. Folding of the flag will be conducted by Boy Scout Troop 456.

Both morning ceremonies will feature guest speaker Joe Kelly, Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska; an acknowledgment of Veterans; General John A. Logan’s General Order; and taps by Kevin Murray.

8 p.m., Veterans Memorial Garden, Antelope Park, 3200 Veterans Memorial Drive

• The candlelit ceremony will include the reading of the names of Lancaster County veterans who have died in the past year; posting of the colors by the Veterans of Foreign Wars 131, 3606, and 7722; invocation and benediction by Pastor Tom Barber, People’s City Mission; introductory remarks by Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird; and musical selections by Brooklynn Lee England. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will move to Auld Pavilion, located just west of the garden.

For more information, visit the city of Lincoln’s website.