The Great Falls Freedom Memorial will play host to the community’s annual Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 29 at 11 a.m.
The event will feature a Boy Scout color guard; a bagpipe performance of “Amazing Grace” by Great Falls student MacPhearson Strassberg; a keynote speech by Historic Congressional Cemetery director of public engagement A.J. Orlikoff; a “Taps” bugler; Memorial Day poppies; and a bell-ringing and name-reading for natives of Great Falls killed in battle.
The Freedom Memorial is located behind the Great Falls Library at 9830 Georgetown Pike. Parking is available at the library. Limited seating and shelter will be provided; attendees are encouraged to bring portable chairs.
The ceremony is open to all. In case of rain, it will move to either the library meeting room or the Grange. Updates to the schedule will be posted at www.gffreedom.org.
