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Memorial Day Honors

Members of the American Legion Post 46 honor those fallen soldiers and also performed a rifle salute at various locations on Memorial Day. (SVI File Photo 2021)

American Legion Post 46 and VFW Post 4797 will visit cemeteries and provide military honors in Star Valley on Monday, May 30 for Memorial Day.

• American Legion Post 46- Start in Alpine

The American Legion Post 46 will begin cemetery visits in Alpine at the Nordic Inn Memorial at 8:15 a.m. on Monday. Members of the American Legion will then travel to the McCoy Creek Bridge, with an estimated arrival time of 8:30 a.m.

From there, the group will travel to the Amesville Cemetery with an estimated arrival time of 8:55 a.m.

The American Legion will continue on the Etna Cemetery at approximately 9:20 a.m. and the Freedom Cemetery at 9:50 a.m. Members will then gather in Thayne at approximately 10:20 a.m.

The last cemetery stop for the American Legion Post will be in the Bedford Cemetery at approximately 10:50 a.m. The Legion will then visit the Alpine Veterans Memorial at 11:30 a.m.

• VFW Post 4797-Start in Smoot

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 4797 will begin their annual tribute at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, May 30 in the Smoot Cemetery. The VFW will then travel to Fairview. The estimated arrival time is 9:10 a.m.

Auburn is the next stop with an estimated arrival of 9:40 a.m. The VFW will then gather at the Grover/Auburn Bridge to remember Star Valley soldiers who have been lost at sea. This is expected to begin at 10:05 a.m.

The Grover service will start at approximately 10:20 a.m. The last stop for the VFW will be the Afton Cemetery at 11:00 a.m.

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