Memorial Day ceremony set for Monday at Freedom Park in Edwards

Join local veterans and community members for a Memorial Day ceremony at 3 p.m. at Freedom Park in Edwards on Monday at the Flagpole Plaza on the west side of the pond. The Freedom Park Memorial Committee and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10721 will conduct the annual public ceremony in memory of all veterans of the Armed Forces and Emergency Response Agencies from Eagle County who have died in the line of duty.

Highlights of the ceremony include a color guard composed of local veterans, Michelle Cohn Levy singing the national anthem and other patriotic songs, Rabbi Joel Newman of B’nai Vail leading the prayer and a keynote address by Marine Corps veteran Bill Welch. Local Boy Scouts and Civil Air Patrol cadets will also participate. 

The ceremony will also include a reading of the names of Eagle County military and emergency responders who have perished in the line of duty. For more information, contact Pat Hammon at pat.hammon@eaglecounty.us.

Eagle County government offices, including the Avon and El Jebel satellite offices and landfill and related facilities, will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. The Eagle County landfill will open on Tuesday at 6:30 a.m.

All other county offices and facilities will resume regular hours on May 27.

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