Celebrate Memorial Day at Veterans Square Today

, Council District 1, the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council and local volunteers have planned a Memorial Day service to honor the nation's veterans that will be held today (Monday, May 28) at 10 a.m. at Veterans Square Memorial at the corner of York Boulevard and North Figueroa Street.

In recent months, volunteers have been readying the square for the celebration. Among the improvements made by the volunteers were the placement of new plants around the freshly power-washed memorial, and the erection of a fence around the perimeter of the square. Glass vases that will be filled with flowers have been placed in the side the memorial's fountain, and community members are invited to bring photographs to be arranged around the memorial.

Council District 1 has also around the square to allow more light to shine into the area.

The program for this year's ceremony calls for the flying of new American and POW-MIA flags, donated by Congressional Candidate Stephen C. Smith and

The Franklin ROTC Color Guard will present the colors,student Genesee Hall will sing the National Anthem, Boy Scouts will lead the Pledge of Allegiance. There will also be a 21-gun salute to the nation's veterans.

"If you are a vet, if you have a vet in your family, join your neighbors at Veteran Park to remember our soldiers past and present," said member Janet Dodson.