Memorial Day events across the valley

Military honors presented by United Veterans

United Veterans of the Flathead Valley will present military honors at various locations around the valley on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29. The public is invited to attend the following events:

9:30 a.m. — Bigfork Community Cemetery

10 a.m. — Little Brown Church, Bigfork

10:30 a.m. — Glacier Memorial Gardens

11 a.m. — Veterans Memorial, Kalispell Depot Park

11:45 a.m. Kalispell VFW luncheon

12:45 p.m. — C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery flag retiring and raising

1:45 p.m. — Columbia Falls Fairview Cemetery

2:30 p.m. — Marantette Park Veterans Memorial

3 p.m. — Woodlawn Cemetery

3:30 p.m. — Veterans Home cemetery

For more information, contact Jay Trepanier at 257-2293.

Buffalo Hill Funeral Home to hold barbecue

Buffalo Hill Funeral Home and Crematory invites the public to a barbecue before and after the flag ceremony, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Complimentary hot dogs, hamburgers and refreshments will be served and patriotic memorabilia will be available.

The event will also raise funds for the United Veterans of the Flathead Valley to help them with supplies needed for performing military honors at funerals. The funeral home will match donations up to $1,000. For more information, call 752-0336 or visit www.buffalohillfh.com.

Fairview Cemetery announces service

Fairview Cemetery’s annual Memorial Day service will commence at 1:45 p.m. with an Honor Guard ceremony. The Rev. Kyle Winter will officiate at the service beginning at 2 p.m.

The cemetery is located at 1225 Fairview Cemetery Road in Columbia Falls.

Remembrance and Honor Walk held in Columbia Falls

Columbia Falls American Legion Freedom Post 72 will conduct its Remembrance and Honor Walk for the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, assembling at the Super 1 parking lot at 11 a.m. on Memorial Day.

Post members will walk to the bridge to honor those lost at sea. At approximately 12:30 p.m. members will be at the Veterans Memorial Wall at Marantette Park, where a temporary plaque will be available to view. The actual dedication of the new plaque will take place during Heritage Days in July.

All veterans are invited to walk during the event.

The Columbia Falls Post is registered as an official 50th Anniversary Post with the Department of Defense, in its celebration and honor of the Vietnam conflict.

The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration began with the Presidential inaugural event at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012, and concludes on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2025, by Presidential Proclamation. The 50th anniversary is to be commemorated over a long period of time as many Americans served and sacrificed over that long period of time.

For more information, call Post Commander Michael Shepard at 406-250-9806.

Polson, Ronan hold Memorial Day Parades

The American Legion is sponsoring the annual Memorial Day Parade at noon Monday in Polson.

The parade is for veterans only and is open to all veterans. The parade will form at the Polson Elks Club and proceed north to Third Avenue West to the First Citizen’s Bank parking lot where a short ceremony will be held. Participants will then carpool to the local cemetery for another ceremony.

The Ronan Memorial Day Parade will begin at 10 a.m. Monday and will form behind St. Luke Hospital. After the parade, the American Legion will conduct a ceremony at the park. The public is invited to come out and support the veterans.

For more information about either the Polson or Ronan parades, contact Rich at 847-331-5518.