Honor Memorial Day with 'drive-by' visit at Elgin's Bluff City Cemetery

Posted May 24, 2020 11:00 pm

Submitted by Elgin Patriotic Memorial Association

For the annual Memorial Day remembrance at Bluff City Cemetery, the Elgin Patriotic Memorial Association will host a "drive-by" event Monday, officials said.

From 11 a.m. to early afternoon, people will be able to drive through the cemetery - following a marked route and with police officers directing traffic - and view wreaths and flowers on display by the Civil War Memorial at the cemetery, 945 Bluff City Blvd. People will not be allowed to exit their vehicles.

The display is organized by the city and about 20 civic and veterans' organizations that make up the Elgin Patriotic Memorial Association.

The Elgin Patriotic Memorial Association will broadcast a brief tribute on WRMN radio 1410-AM at 11 a.m. Memorial Day. The program can be heard at WRMN1410.com and on WRMN's Facebook page.

Programs normally scheduled at Elgin Veterans Memorial Park, Mount Hope Cemetery and Lakewood Memorial Park will not be held this year. For information, visit elginmemorialday.org.

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