Your family can help put flags on graves, participate in walks or attend services to mark the Memorial Day holiday.
Today
Placing flags: Franklin American Legion Post 205 needs volunteers to help place flags on veterans’ graves before the ceremony honoring veterans at 10 a.m. at Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin with taps and a rifle volley. Volunteers are asked to help place flags on the graves of veterans buried at the cemetery.
Poppy drive: The Greenwood VFW post is recruiting about 20 volunteers for its annual poppy drive, and all proceeds help honorably discharged veterans and their families in emergency financial need. A sign-up sheet is at the post, 333 S. Washington St. Volunteers are needed for the following locations: Tractor Supply stores in Greenwood and Indianapolis; Greenwood Rural King store; Sam’s Club in Greenwood; Walmart on Emerson Avenue and on State Road 135 in Greenwood; and Greenwood and southside Kroger stores.
Veteran program: The Greenwood and Whiteland Veterans Of Foreign Wars and the Greenwood American Legion Posts will sponsor their annual Memorial Service Program, which includes an invocation, the setting of the wreath, rifle volley and taps. Services will begin at Rock Lane Cemetery at 9 a.m., Greenwood Cemetery at 9:30 a.m. Mount Pleasant Cemetery at 10 a.m., The Gardens of Olive Branch ceremony at 10:30 a.m. and at Forest Lawn Cemetery at 11 a.m.
Monday
Memorial Day service: SS Francis & Clare Catholic Church, 5901 W. Olive Branch Rd, Greenwood, will conduct its 15th annual Memorial Day Service. The service will start at 8:45 a.m. with patriotic music, followed by a special Mass with prayers and ceremonies honoring veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for the nation and lowering flags to half-mast, as well as a playing of Taps, three rifle volleys, and the singing of the national anthem. Refreshments will be served in St. Clare Hall.
Memorial Day Mile: Franklin Parks and Recreation will be hosting the Memorial Day Mile at 9:10 a.m. Runners and walkers can register at memorialdaymile.org. Costs range from $5 to $12.
Memorial Day ceremony: Franklin American Legion will host a Memorial Day ceremony at the Johnson County Courthouse at 11 a.m., with a pitch-in at the post following. The guest speaker is Jim Phillips, Legion Post 205 trustee.
