Memorial Day events in Tri-City area

There will be several events in the Tri-City area this weekend and Monday to commemorate Memorial Day.
Activities begin with volunteers, including Morgan City Main Street Executive Director Beth Price, local scouts, Morgan City High School’s JROTC and the Veterans of Foreign Wars placing more than 2,000 flags on veterans’ graves in the Morgan City Cemetery Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. The flags are funded through Morgan City Main Street, with assistance from sponsors.
Sunday, there will be two events. The American Legion Riders Post 328 in Pierre Part will hold its 19th annual Freedom Ride where they will stop at veterans memorial sites in St. Mary Parish to lay wreaths honoring veterans who have died. Guest speakers and dignitaries will be at the events and the public is invited to speak, too. Anyone is welcome to participate in the ride, and there are no fees.
The first stop is the Fallen Warrior’s Memorial in Morgan City at 8:30 a.m. The memorial is in front of the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium. Other stops are the Berwick Civic Complex, the American Legion Post 242 in Patterson, the Franklin Peace Memorial and the Chitimacha Tribes Veteran’s Memorial.
The event will conclude at Daiquiries & Co. in Morgan City with live music, plate lunches, a half-and-half drawing.
For more information, call Ed Perot at 985-519-7933 or Olivia Powell at 985-518-9238.
Later Sunday at 2 p.m., the annual flag retirement ceremony will be put on by local scouts at the judge’s stand at Lake End Parkway in Morgan City. All used and damaged flags can be brought to the deposit box at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on Sandra Street, and they will be properly retired during the ceremony. For more information, call Emily LaHoste at 985-519-6369.
On Monday at noon, the Morgan City High School JROTC will conduct a rifle salute at the Morgan City Cemetery commemorating Mem-orial Day and honoring veterans.