The Geary County Veterans Alliance Memorial Day program begins at 10 a.m. Monday at the C.L. Hoover Opera House.

Major ( Ret. ) Charles S. Wright will serve as the keynote speaker. He served in the U.S. Army with posts ranging from a stint with the 3rd U.S. Infantry in Washington D.C. on the Presidential Escort Platoon to the 1/17th Cavalry of the 82nd Airborne Division.

He is currently oversees the Junction City High School junior ROTC program.