Memorial Day events being held across the Triangle

RALEIGH, N.C. –

This Memorial Day Weekend has been full of events honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice and more will continue Monday on the Memorial Day holiday.

Hope Baptist Church is celebrating Memorial Day with free North Carolina barbecue, military vehicle rides, live music, a children’s obstacle course, parades and more. The event, at 3721 Quarry Road just outside Wake Forest, runs until 4:15 p.m.

The annual service in Cary, sponsored by American Legion Post 67, began at 10 a.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery, 600 Page St.

The annual wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial on the north lawn of the State Capitol was held at 10:45 a.m. in downtown Raleigh.

A ceremony was scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Johnston County Courthouse at Market and Second streets in downtown Smithfield.

The Raleigh Concert Band performed at the Raleigh Memorial Cemetery, the final resting place for many Union Civil War soldiers, at 501 Rock Quarry Road at 1:30 p.m. Prior to the concert, the Heartland Hospice Memorial Fund will sponsor a Community Memorial Day Service, featuring a balloon release, at the cemetery starting at noon.

The Town of Garner will hold its annual Memorial Day observance at Lake Benson Park beginning at 1:30 p.m. near the Garner Veterans Memorial. Miss North Carolina 2012 will sing the national anthem and the Garner Magnet High School’s Junior ROTC will present and retire the colors.

Veterans Freedom Park in Cary will be home to a ceremony and celebration honoring veterans. That event began at 2:30 p.m. at the park on N. Harrison Avenue. The Cary Town Band will perform and guest speakers, including the vice president of the USO of North Carolina, will speak.

Historic Oakwood Cemetery near downtown Raleigh will honor veterans at a 4 p.m. ceremony. The U.S. Army Ground Forces Band Brass Quintet will play and the annual laying of the wreath at the Veterans Memorial will be placed by Betsy Hutchison, a World War II nurse.

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