Memorial Day weekend events salute Montana’s fallen heroes

Memorial Day ceremonies and events in Missoula, the Bitterroot Valley and northwest Montana.

Public EventsMemorial Day weekend 2024: Honoring U.S. Air veterans. 3 p.m., Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, Building T-316, Fort Missoula. Program: “Montanans in the 56th Fighter Group.” World War II and Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to all USAAF and USAF veterans, living or deceased; to apply call 406-239-7738 or email info@fortmissoula.org. Exhibits on Montanans in battle, Civil War, Frontier Era, World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, Mideast conflicts, and Civilian Conservation Corps. Museum open Memorial Day, May 27, noon-5 p.m.

97th annual Memorial Day wreath ceremonies, Missoula

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7 a.m. – Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery, military flag poles. Sunrise service. One wreath presented at base of flag display. Playing of taps. Schedule for day given to public. No shooting.  

Blake Long, left, drills a hole as Matt Manning, right, waits to place a flag near a grave at the Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery on Friday, May 24 in preparation for Memorial Day.

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