The Last Gift to offer cemetery assistance over Memorial Day weekend
A local nonprofit organization is hosting a special Cemetery Assistance Day this Sunday to help honor and preserve those buried in the Le Mars Memorial Cemetery and Potters Field. Lynn Steckelberg of The Last Gift explained what the event is about to KLEM.
Steckelberg says Sunday’s event is intended to highlight the stories of those in the Memorial Cemetery beyond what might be stated on a headstone.
The Potters Field inside the Memorial Cemetery consists of unclaimed and unknown remains, and Steckelberg says one of the main goals of The Last Gift is to find, research, place headstones, and recognize these unmarked graves.
Members of the organization will be available between noon and 2pm on Sunday, May 24th to help locate graves and recognize the stories of those buried at the Memorial Cemetery and Potters Field.
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American Legion Memorial Day program details announced
Details on the American Legion Post 241’s Memorial Day program has been announced, with the main program starting at 10am on Monday, May 25th.
At 6am on Monday, Post 241 members and volunteers will place American flags at half-staff on the Plymouth County Courthouse lawn, with a breakfast for those that helped afterwards to be served by Sons of the American Legion Squadron 241. The Memorial Day parade will begin at 9:30am, starting at the corner of 8th St and Central Ave SW and continuing on to the Courthouse.
The formal program begins at 10am at the Courthouse, with the names of all deceased Plymouth County men and women that served read by Patrick Murphy, to be followed by the placing of war wreaths by Post Legionnaires and Auxiliary members and a Memorial Day message. Legion Rider Chapter 241 members will also perform a Battle Cross display. Lunch will be available for all at the Legion afterwards.
KLEM will broadcast the full program over the air on 1410 AM and 96.9 FM, as well as on our Facebook page.
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