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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, May 25, 2003

Events planned around O'ahu for Memorial Day

Advertiser Staff

Among the events taking place islandwide:

Today

• Friends of the Natatorium's annual Memorial Day Service, 10 to 11 a.m., Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium. Keynote speaker Mayor Jeremy Harris will be joined by guest speakers Maj. Gen. Robert G.F. Lee, the adjutant general of Hawai'i, and Brig. Gen. Irwin Crockett of the Office of Veterans' Services. 235-8504.

• Waialua Lions Club's 57th annual Veteran's Memorial Service, 10 a.m., Hale'iwa Beach Park. The service will pay tribute to all veterans, especially those from Schofield Barracks who served in the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, said Lions Club president Peter Botha. 637-5449 or 637-5485.

• The 19th annual Sunset Memorial Service sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 10276, 6 p.m., the State Armed Forces Eternal Flame, mauka of the State Capitol. In recognition of the 50-year anniversary of the Korean War, special homage will be paid to those killed in the war. 845-3852.


Tomorrow

• 2003 Memorial Day Ceremony sponsored by the National Park Service, 7:45 to 9 a.m., back lawn of the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. The program, "Honoring the United States Marine Corps 1775-2003," will include Pearl Harbor survivors and the U.S. Marine Corps rendering honors. Public seating starts at 7:15 a.m.

• The 52nd annual Mayor's Memorial Day Ceremony, 8:30 a.m., the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Punchbowl. Mayor Jeremy Harris, who will deliver the keynote address, and Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, will place a memorial wreath at the cemetery's Dedicatory Stone. 523-4385.

• Governor's annual Memorial Day Ceremony coordinated by the state Department of Defense, 1 p.m., the Hawai'i State Veterans Cemetery in Kane'ohe. Gov. Linda Lingle will deliver remarks and lay a wreath at the cemetery's Memorial Plaza Monument with Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific. 733-4258.

• Shinnyo-En Hawai'i's fifth annual Lantern Floating, 6 p.m., Magic Island, Ala Moana Beach Park. More than 1,100 lanterns will be placed in the water in memory of those who died. Consolatory prayer requests may be made 3 to 5:30 p.m. at a prayer request booth at Magic Island. 528-0202.

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Stars and Stripes on Memorial Day
Johnnie McCoy of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific sets up American flags that will adorn the roadways in Punchbowl. The mayor's annual Memorial Day ceremony will be held at Punchbowl tomorrow.

Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser