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Atchison Co To Commemorate Memorial Day

(KAIR)--A traditional remembrance of Memorial Day is planned Monday in Atchison County. 

According to a press release, members of both the Fleming-Jackson-Seever American Legion Post 6 and the Lieutenant Jared Fox Jackson VFW Post 1175 will visit all local cemeteries. 

The ceremony at each location will include a flag presentation with a 21 gun salute by firing squad, and will be followed by a bugler playing taps. 

The American Legion will make presentations at Mount Calvary, beginning at 9:00, followed by Sunset Memory Garden at 9:20, Lancaster at 10:15, the Effingham Evergreen Cemetery, at 10:45 and Saint Ann's, in Effingham, at 11:00. 

The VFW presentations will be made at Oak Hill, beginning at 8:50, Mount Vernon, at 9:20, Saint Patrick's Cemetery, at 9:50, Sumner, at 10:20, Sugar Creek, in Missouri, at 10:55 and the Veteran's Park, at the Atchison Riverfront, beginning at 11:25 Monday morning. 

Following the ceremonies, the two organizations will jointly perform the last presentation near the USS Arizona Memorial, near the Riverfront Veterans Park, beginning at 11:30. 

Everyone planning to attend the ceremonies are reminded that all times are approximate, based on the time it will take to travel from one cemetery to the next. 

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