Posted 5/30/13 – Harry L. Embree VFW Post 3208 of Sierra Madre hosted a memorial service on Memorial Day at Pioneer Cemetery, featuring a Congresswoman Judy Chu and resident Charles Carter as speakers, laying of the wreaths on a symbolic grave, patriotic songs, and a live bugler playing taps. Below the video is a photo gallery. Enjoy.
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- Veterans were remembered with flags by their headstones
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- Headstone for WWII veteran Lee Cline, who passed away in August
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- Longtime residents Jim and Barbara Heasley memorial
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- VFW Post 3208 was the presenter of the event
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- WWII veteran Gordon Caldwell, who served on the USS Saratoga
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- Korean War veteran Bud Switzer gets ready to join his fellow veterans
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- Council member Chris Koerber shakes hands with one of the veterans as Caldwell looks on
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- Bud Switzer chats with speaker Charles Carter
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- News Net file photo, Veteran Art Contreras, unknown, Ken Anhalt, unknown, click to enlarge
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- Mignon Grijalva on right, her late husband John spearheaded the building of the Veterans’ Photo Memorial Wall
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- Post Quartermaster Ted Evans passes out poppies and flags
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- Monsignor Krekelberg delivered the invocation
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- Commander Dave Loera confers with singer Peter Vecchio
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- Two police chiefs, one current one former, bookend an unknown attendee
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- Resident Hilda Guzman holds up a picture of her nephew, Donald J. Cline, who was killed in Iraq ten years ago in April
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- Bean Town catered sandwiches and refreshments after the event. That’s owner Matt Krantz in the shades
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- Following the ceremony, lots of folks visited friends and family buried in the cemetery
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- SMPD officers and volunteers
