Memorial Day services planned

Memorial Day services are planned for two South Whidbey communities on Monday.

Memorial Day services are planned for two South Whidbey communities on Monday.

The Maj. Megan McClung Marine Corps League Detachment 1210 will host the annual wreath ceremony at Bayview Cemetery, located on the corner of Howard and Bayview roads. The service begins at 11 a.m.

The service will include remarks from keynote speaker Dave Sullivan, a retired military intelligence officer, a prayer by post chaplain Darrell Wenzek and Herb Weissblum’s annual reading of his poem “Our Heroes Remembered on this Memorial Day.”

A Marine Corps color guard will also participate, and present a gun salute.

Also speaking is Ladies Auxiliary senior Poppy Girl Krista Drechsel; junior Poppy Girl Cassidy Holmes will lay the wreath.

A potluck will follow at South Whidbey American Legion Post 141 on Highway 525.

Another Memorial Day service is planned in Clinton. Also beginning at 11 a.m., the ceremony will be held at the Clinton Cemetery, 6309 Wilson Place.

The service includes the Daughters of the American Revolution and guest speaker David Campbell, a retired Navy officer. Also included will be patriotic music, a reading of veteran names, the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Honor Guard and the annual raising of the flag by Boy Scout Troop 57.