Special Memorial Day services being planned

HARTINGTON — Area residents can attend many different events to honor Memorial Day this year.

Special Memorial Day services will be held at all area cemeteries and the Cedar County Courthouse, complete with honor guards and a 21-gun salute. Names of all soldiers buried at each cemetery will also be read aloud during the ceremonies.

In preparation for the big event, volunteers will hang about 200 flags around the courthouse in Hartington honoring area veterans. VFW Commander Dean McGregor said volunteers are asked to help place the flags around the courthouse at 1 p.m., Friday, May 22. They will also need help to take down the flags at 4 p.m. Tuesday The activities will begin at 7 a.m., Monday, at the Paragon Cemetery. The next ceremony will be held at the Fordyce Cemetery at 9 a.m. The memorial at the courthouse will be held at 10 a.m. The Hartington City Cemetery service begins at 10:45 a.m.

Services will also be held at St. Michael’s Cemetery, Hartington, at 11:30 a.m.