Memorial Day Celebration

Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery’s Board of Directors and Staff invite you to attend our annual Memorial Day Celebration. This year’s event has been changed to the southwest corner of the cemetery, known as Atonement Garden. Bring your lawn chairs and join us as we honor our veterans.

The program will begin with the playing of bagpipes, followed by an honor guard from the Iowa Patriot Guard Riders entering the cemetery on their motorcycles at 8:55 a.m. The Memorial Day Program, jointly presented by Highland Park Legion Post 374 and Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, begins at 9:00am with the reading of the names of veterans buried here at HMG since Memorial Day 2022. This will include a gun salute and taps. Refreshments follow the service.

Our “Avenue of Flags is a dramatic display of 5’ x 9.5’ ceremonial veteran burial flags placed every 25-feet on both sides of the cemetery streets extending more than two miles. These will be flying Saturday morning through Monday afternoon. In addition we honor our 3800+ known veterans with individual flags marking each of their graves, which are lovingly placed by cemetery staff and volunteers.

In case of inclement weather, we will notify the public via our email list, WHO Radio, KCCI TV, and WHO TV, regarding an alternate location.