American Legion Memorial Day Events begin Saturday & Sunday

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Photo of 2019 post of flags at the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery. Wyo4News photo.

ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING (May 22, 2020) — Memorial Day is this Monday, but preparations for the remembering and the honoring of veterans who have passed will begin Saturday in Rock Springs and Sunday in Green River.

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The Rock Springs Archie Hay Post 24 will plant individual flags at the headstones of veterans beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday at both the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery and Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Volunteers are welcome to assist.

On Monday, Memorial Day, there will be a flag-lowering ceremony and proclamation at 8 a.m. at the Rock Spring Municipal Cemetery.

Graveside flags will be collected from both cemeteries on Tuesday beginning at 9 a.m.

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Green River’s Tom Whitmore Post 28 will place their flags on Veteran’s plots at Riverview Cemetery on Sunday beginning at 12 p.m. Volunteers are welcome.

On Monday, a ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. at Riverview Cemetery.

Graveside flags will be retrieved on Tuesday beginning at 9:30 a.m.

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