The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley has scheduled its annual Memorial Day Ceremony at 11:40 a.m. May 26 at the Post Cemetery on Huebner Rd.
The ceremony will feature Maj. Gen. Paul Funk II, Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division, as guest speaker, and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Grinston, Senior Enlisted for the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, who will lay the commemoration wreath in honor of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
Fort Riley will join Military installations across the country in conducting a 21-Gun Salute at noon to honor fallen service members. That will be followed by the National Anthem and the raising of the flag to full staff. All graves in the Post Cemetery will be decorated with U.S. flags.