Blue Star Mothers place 500 flags at Santa Rita Park
Amy Beth Shaffer and Gavin Shaffer, 10, place dog tags on flagpoles on Friday at the Healing Flags display in Santa Rita Park. Blue Star Mothers of Durango placed 500 American flags to honor fallen U.S. Military service members this Memorial Day weekend. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Here are the events planned for the weekend in Durango:
Friday
8:30 p.m. Healing Fields Opening Ceremony at Santa Rita Park.
9 p.m. Healing Fields Lighting Ceremony at Santa Rita Park.
Saturday
8 a.m. Iron Horse Classic Veterans Train Ride to Silverton.
10 a.m. Flags placed on veterans graves at Greenmount Cemetery.
Monday
10 a.m. Vietnam Memorial Ceremony at Iris Park, 1235 Camino del Rio.
11 a.m. Veterans Memorial Ceremony at Greenmount Cemetery.
11:45 a.m. Those Lost At Sea Ceremony at the bridge behind Rotary Park.
Noon to 3 p.m. VFW Post 4031 Open House, 1550 Main Ave., all welcome.
4 p.m. Healing Fields Closing Ceremony at Santa Rita Park.
Volunteers placed dog tags on flagpoles Friday at the Healing Flags display in Santa Rita Park. Blue Star Mothers of Durango placed 500 American flags to honor fallen U.S. Military service members this Memorial Day weekend. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Austin Phillips and Heather Watson straighten flagpoles on Friday at the Healing Flags display in Santa Rita Park. Blue Star Mothers of Durango placed 500 American flags to honor fallen U.S. Military service members this Memorial Day weekend. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
