Flag placing at the Alamosa Cemetery on Sunday morning

SAN LUIS VALLEY — Veterans organizations will be hosting memorial ceremonies on Monday, May 27, beginning at 10 a.m. at the American Legion plot in the Alamosa Cemetery. Ceremonies will then move to the VFW plot, and finally to the Spanish Cemetery on Coop Road.

Veterans organizations will begin placing flags on all veteran graves at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 26, and the public is invited to join and make sure all veterans receive the recognition they deserve. For more information, call Karilyn Espinosa, American Legion Adjutant, at 719-379-3540

• The Colorado Veterans Community Living Center at Homelake will have an observance on Monday at 10 a.m., at the Homelake Cemetery at 3749 Sherman Ave. in Monte Vista with Honor and Color Guards, tolling of the USS Patrick bell, wreath presentations. The keynote speaker will be Col. (Ret.) William (Skip) Schoen.

The Homelake History Center and Museum will be open following the Service. The 140th Wing of the Colorado Air National Guard will have an official flyover.

• The Creede Elks Lodge No. 506 will hold a memorial service on Monday, Memorial Day at 11 a.m. in Basham Park.
• On Saturday, May 25, the Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center,

29477 Highway 159 in Fort Garland, will hold an annual living history military encampment with a variety of interactive demonstrations throughout the day between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.