Related: Memorial Day in Boalsburg Brings a Full Weekend of Celebration and Remembrance
Memorial Day weekend comes with plenty of celebration — good times with families and friends in the backyard or in the community.
But of course, it’s purpose is to remember all those who sacrificed their lives in service to the nation. A number of services will be held throughout Centre County to remember those men and women who gave their lives.
Following is a partial list of services planned for Memorial Day weekend.
Sunday, May 26
American Legion Keystone Post 444 and Hampton’s Battery (Penns Valley)
– 9 a.m. Livonia
– 9:15 a.m. Brunart
– 9:30 a.m. Rebersburg
– 10 a.m. Madisonburg
– 10:25 a.m. Valley Mennonite Chapel
– 10:45 a.m. Green Grove
– 11 a.m. Sale
– 11:30 a.m. Heckman
– 11:45 a.m. Paradise
– noon Millheim I, 12:15 p.m. Millheim II and 1 p.m. Millheim III
– 1:15 p.m. Aaronsburg I and 1:30 p.m. Aaronsburg II
– 1:45 p.m. Wolf’s Chapel Stover Cemetery
– 2 p.m. St. Paul’s
– 2:15 p.m. Stover/Neideigh/Hannigh
– 2:30 p.m. Woodward
VFW Jackson-Crissman-Saylor Post 1600 and American Legion Brooks-Doll-Ebeling Post 33 (Bellefonte area)
– Meyer Cemetery, 1 p.m.
– Jewish Cemetery, 1:30 p.m.
– Zion Cemetery, 2 p.m.
– Snydertown Cemetery, 2:30 p.m.
– Jacksonville Cemetery, 4 p.m.
– Pleasant Gap Lutheran Church, 6 p.m.
American Legion Post 245 (State College area)
– 2 p.m. Shiloh Cemetery
– 3 p.m. Pine Hall Cemetery, Brian Querry, U.S. Navy veteran and director of Centre County Veterans’ Affairs, will speak.
Philipsburg
– 2 p.m. Old Union Church, military honors and memorial service
Monday, May 27
Houserville
– Houserville United Methodist Church and Cemetery, 9 a.m.
American Legion Port Matilda Wilson Patton Post 536
– 9 a.m. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
– 10 a.m. Port Matilda Presbyterian Cemetery
– 11 a.m. Veterans Memorial, Plank Road
American Legion Post 893 Milesburg
– 9 a.m. Advent Cemetery
– 10 a.m. Trcziyulny Cemetery
– 11 a.m. New Union Cemetery
– 11:30 a.m. Oak Ridge Cemetery
– 1 p.m. Eagle Curtin Cemetery
– 2 p.m. Schenck Cemetery
– 2:30 p.m. Milesburg Community Cemetery
– 3 p.m. Swamp Poodle Cemetery
VFW Jackson-Crissman-Saylor Post 1600 and American Legion Brooks-Doll-Ebeling Post 33 (Bellefonte area)
– 9:45 a.m. Miller/Quaker Cemetery
– 10 a.m. Catholic Cemetery
– 11 a.m. Centre County Courthouse, music by Bellefonte High School Band, broadcast live on WBLF 970 AM
Pine Grove Mills VFW Post 5825
– 10:30 a.m. Graysville Cemetery, Spruce Creek, with speaker Harold Harpster
Boalsburg
– 5:45 p.m. Walk from the Diamond to Boalsburg Cemetery
– 6 p.m. Memorial Service at Boalsburg Cemetery
Pleasant Gap American Legion Post 867
– 7:30 p.m. Arms for Peace Memorial
