Pensacola, Fla. – For more than 30 years, Pensacola’s Veterans Memorial Park has been a place to honor and remember our nation’s heroes. This coming Memorial Day weekend, on Sunday, May 26th, the Park will host its annual Memorial Day Observance in solemn respect to those who have lost their lives in military service. All are invited to the event at the park, located at 200 S. 10th Avenue in Pensacola.

The Park will open at 9:00 AM for exhibitors and visitors, with the ceremony beginning promptly at 1:00 PM. This year’s ceremony will include music by McGuire’s Pipe Band and the Pensacola Opera Chorus, along with a presentation of wreaths by local civic organizations. The keynote speaker will be Steve Wilmer, who has served as a United States Marine and as a law enforcement officer. Steve is an accomplished author and motivational speaker who will bring tradition and enthusiasm to this year’s message. A Marine Corps bugler and honor guard will close the ceremony with a rendering of honors to the Fallen.

“We owe a debt of gratitude to those who have given their lives in the service of our great nation,” said Veterans Memorial Park Foundation of Pensacola President, Rob Doss. “Memorial Day is set aside to honor and remember these men and women so that their service and their sacrifices are never forgotten.” Additional information about Veterans Memorial Park and the Memorial Day event can be found at veteransmemorialparkpensacola.org/memorial-day-home.

MEDIA NOTE: To arrange interviews or for more information, please contact Veterans Memorial Park Public Affairs Officer Terri Craney at 850-748-1492.

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Veterans Memorial Park of Pensacola honors the memory of those who have sacrificed their lives in the service and defense of our nation. In demonstrating by example, the sacrifice that love and duty sometimes require of a free people they have placed themselves eternally in the grateful memory of all Americans. Veterans Memorial Park exists as a place of repose and veneration for the spirits of the slain, to be kept forever free of discord and contention.