Stillwater's Memorial Day Ceremony

The ceremony will have music from the Stillwater Wind Symphony and the Croix Chordsmen, a T-6 Thunder Flight Team flyover and a rifle salute by local Veterans of Foreign War members. The guest speaker is Minnesotan Pete Hegseth. This year’s wreath laying ceremony will give special recognition of Private First Class, Douglas Carroll Merrill, U.S. Army, a former Stillwater High School student who was killed in action on Aug. 18, 1969 while deployed in Vietnam, and added to the memorial’s Wall of Honor. Bring your own lawn chairs for seating. Beverages and refreshments will be provided, courtesy of Cub Foods, Kowalski’s Markets and Starbucks.