Memorial Day 2022 will honor veterans of all military service and branches at a special recognition service to be held at Evergreen Cemetery on May 30th ,2022 at 12:00 pm.
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modified Communal Rites will be offered for those families of veterans from WWII to the present time who have not had military rites performed. This event will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington at the Mausoleum inside the entrance to the cemetery.
The event will begin with a bagpiper leading a column of flags to the entrance of the mausoleum, this column will be followed by the Rifle Team followed by the Flag Folding Team. Then the Chaplain will offer the invocation and a guest speaker will have an opportunity to speak afterwards.
The bugler and an Honor Guard member will then conduct a salute and a bugle call for each of the branches of the service flags. A moment of silence will be held in front of the POW/MIA Flag. Following the service branch salute, the Flag Folding Team will fold the American Flag and make presentations of the Flags to the families.
The names of those veterans for whom these military rites are performed will be read. The seven Rifle Team will fire three volleys (21 gun salute). The bugler will play taps, and the bagpiper will perform “Amazing Grace” with the traditional ‘fading’ march away.
A limit of 12 families selected on a first-come, first-serve basis can be honored at this ceremony. These families will need to supply a burial flag and a copy of our honored veterans’ obituary.
Anyone interested in being apart of these communal military rites should contact Butch Ekstam at (309)-825-2703 no later than May 20th, 2022 to register and for more information about what to bring to the ceremony.
