- May 4, 2024
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We remember.
On Monday, May 27, the city of Palm Coast will have a public Memorial Day ceremony to remember the men and women who have died while serving in the U.S. military. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. at Heroes Memorial Park, 2860 Palm Coast Parkway N.W., about .5 miles west of the Flagler County Public Library.
Guest speakers will be U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, Palm Coast Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8696 Cmdr. Lorenzo J. Nacci and Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts.
The Matanzas High School Marching Band will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and Ancient City Pipes and Drums will play “Amazing Grace.”
Nacci, Marine Corps League Detachment 867 Commandant Jack Marshall and Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 808 Cmdr. Rick Look will present a memorial wreath. Call 986-3708.
DeSantis will also speak at the Flagler County ceremony at the Government Services Building, 1769 E. Moody Blvd. The event begins at 10 a.m. The keynote speaker is Health Department Administrator Patrick Johnson, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
Golden Sands, the local chapter of the Girl Scouts of America, will present a wreath, and Josh Ore, a Flagler Palm Coast High School student and Eagle Scout, will sing the national anthem.
This Memorial Day event is sponsored by the Flagler County Commission and the Flagler County Veterans Advisory Council. Veterans groups to participate include American Legion Post 115, Amvets Post 113, DAV Chapter 86, Italian American War Veterans Post 7, Jewish War Veterans Post 300, Marine Corps League 876, Military Officers Association of America, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Flagler County Veterans Service Office, VFW Post 8696 and the Knights of Columbus 2264 Color Corps.
