Memorial Day events planned throughout area

Memorial Day ceremonies will be held throughout the region Monday, honoring those who gave their lives while serving in the military.

City governments and veterans associations are coming together at cemeteries and public venues to host wreath ceremonies, speeches by local veterans, rifle salutes, and more to honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.

COEUR D’ALENE

• 9 a.m. | Veterans Pavilion at McEuen Park, Front Avenue. Hosted by Coeur d’Alene Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 889. Event will include a wreath ceremony, ringing of the Veterans Bell and speeches, including one from Vietnam veteran Bob Martin, the Coeur d’Alene VFW’s incoming commander.

• 10 a.m. | St. Thomas Cemetery, E. Sherman Ave. VFW Post 889 will preside over the ceremony.

• 11 a.m. | Forest Cemetery, 101 N. Government Way. Ceremony and speeches will take place near the Civil War statue. One of the speakers will be Bob Martin of VFW Post 889.

• 2 p.m. | Coeur d’Alene Memorial Gardens on North Government Way. Ceremony performed by the Pappy Boyington Detachment 966 of the Marine Corps League. Speaker: Post Falls City Councilor Kerri Thoreson.

HAYDEN

• 10 a.m. | Honeysuckle Beach, Hayden. Ceremony will include laying of a memorial wreath honoring those service men and women lost at sea. There will also be a prayer, rifle salute and taps.

• 11 a.m. | Veterans Memorial Plaza, Hayden City Hall, 8930 N. Government Way. Event will be sponsored by the City of Hayden Veterans Commission. Ceremony will include a presentation of colors by the Hayden Veterans Commission, the National Anthem sung by Veterans Commission member Dave Sheldon, placement of a memorial wreath, welcome by Mayor Steve Griffitts, the reading of new pavers, Memorial Day address by Nicholas Newby’s mother, Theresa Hart, a bagpipe rendition of "Amazing Grace," and a rifle salute. Ceremony will conclude with taps and the retiring of colors.

POST FALLS

• 10 a.m. | Evergreen Cemetery, 2795 N. Spokane St., Post Falls. Post Falls American Legion Post 143 will participate in ceremony, and Post Falls Veteran of the Year Harold Markiewicz will speak.

RATHDRUM

• Noon | Pinegrove Cemetery, 6693 W. Hwy 53. Hosted by city of Rathdrum and American Legion Post 154. Speakers include Len Crosby and John McClure.

PLUMMER

• 11:45 a.m. | Veterans Memorial at the trailhead of the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes, just off U.S. 95 on Anne Antelope Road. Ceremony hosted by Coeur d’Alene Tribe.