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Memorial Day Ceremony
May 26, 2025
Program canceled due to construction
Flags will be placed on every grave.
Flags placement: May 24, 9:00 am
Flag retrieval: May 31, 9:00 am
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Honoring All Veterans
May 31, 2021
(Monday)
West Tennessee
Veterans Cemetery
4000 Forest Hill Irene Rd, Memphis, TN 38125
Office hours – M-F 8:00am- 4:30pm
Our gates are open 24/7
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. -Laurance Binyon, Poems for the Fallen
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Flag Placement Day
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Saturday, May 24th
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Flag Placement - 9:00 am
Master of Ceremonies
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11:00 AM
National Anthem
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Flyover
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Posting of Colors
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Pledge of Allegiance
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Invocation
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Welcome/Remarks
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Guest Speaker
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Memorial Day Music
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God Bless America
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21 Gun Salute
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Taps
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Retiring the Colors
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GOLF CART TRANSPORTATION
PROVIDED AS NEEDED
Flag Retrieval Day
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Saturday, May 31st
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Begins at 9 a.m.
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Weather Permitting
(Flags must be dry for storage)
Flag Placement Day
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Saturday, November 9th
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Begins at 9 a.m.
Nov. 11, 2024
(Monday)
Begins at 2:00 PM
Memorial Day
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Veterans Day
May 26, 2025
Ceremony cancelled due to
construction
West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery will be the only cemetery with flags displayed on every grave
Master of Ceremonies
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Joseph D Kyles, Retired Shelby County Coordinator for Veterans Services
2:00 PM
National Anthem
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Lonnie Coleman
Flyover
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Bird Dogs and Stearman
Posting of Colors
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Craigmont High School JROTC
Pledge of Allegiance
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All
Invocation
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Reverend Robert Clark, Jr., Pastor Piperton United Methodist Church
Welcome/Remarks
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Jennifer Heiselman, Director West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery
Guest Speaker
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Major General Tommy H. Baker, USA, Retired
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Veteran Services
Veterans' Day Music
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Bartlett Community Band under the direction of Dr. Rhendle Millen
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Bagpipes: Dr. Ben Kemker
Armed Forces Medley
God Bless America
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All
21 Gun Salute
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Germantown Police Honor Guard
Taps
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Sgt. Charly L Wells, Sr., USMC Bugle
Retiring the Colors
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Craigmont High School JROTC
GOLF CART TRANSPORTATION
PROVIDED AS NEEDED
Flag Retrieval Day
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Saturday, November 16th
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Begins at 9 a.m.
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Weather Permitting
(Flags must be dry for storage)
Dec. 14, 2024
(Saturday)
Begins at 11:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremony
Placement of Wreaths
Veterans
Grave Locator
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West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery
All events are hosted by the West Tennessee Cemetery Support Group. Co-Hosted by the Boy and Girl Scouts of America.
West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery is a State of Tennessee run cemetery that opened in 1992. The director is Jennifer Heiselman and there are presently over 29,000 graves. Veterans and their spouses are allowed to be buried at the cemetery. Golf carts will assist those unable to walk from the parking area to the program center.