St. Petersburg's Memorial Park To Remember Fallen Soldiers

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5750 49th St. N., is hosting its annual Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 27 at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The tented service will feature a wreath-laying ceremony, special remarks from U.S. servicemen and women, as well as a program dedicated to American fallen heroes.

Members of the Pinellas Park Police Honor Guard, Boy Scouts of America and the ROTC will attend. A complimentary light lunch will be provided. For more information, visit here.

Memorial Day remembers those who died while serving the country in the Armed Forces. The practice of honoring the fallen began as Decoration Day after the Civil War when families of both Union and Confederate forces began to decorate the graves of the fallen. In 1971, Decoration Day became Memorial Day in an effort to remember all who died in service to the nation.