Memorial Day ceremonies
Whitefish's Lion Mountain VFW Post 276 Annual Memorial Day celebration on Monday, May 27th begins at 2 p.m.
There will be a short ceremony at the Veterans' Bridge on Highway 93 in Whitefish at 2 p.m. This will be followed by a ceremony at the Whitefish cemetery. There will be a free community bar-b-que to follow at the VFW 276 Post starting at 3:30 p.m.
A bus will be provided for those that need assistance departing from the Post to the bridge, cemetery and returning to the Post. Parking will be available at the Post or in the parking garage across the street.
For further information please call VFW Post 276 at 406-862-4949 or the Whitefish Chamber of Commerce at 406-862-3501.
United Veterans of the Flathead Valley and VFW Post 2522 will also present military honors at various locations around the valley on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th. The public is invited to attend these ceremonies at any location.
The schedule for the VFW Post 2522 Memorial Day events is:
10:15 a.m. Ceremony at Glacier Memorial Gardens cemetery
11 a.m. Ceremony at Veterans Memorial, Depot Park in Kalispell
11:45 a.m. VFW luncheon, Post 2252, Kalispell
12:45 p.m. Ceremony to retire & raise flag, Conrad cemetery
1:45 p.m. Ceremony at Fairview cemetery
2:30 p.m. Ceremony at Woodlawn cemetery, Col. Falls
3 p.m. Ceremony at Veterans Home cemetery, Col. Falls.