Venue: Historic Smithfield, Blacksburg
Date: Monday, May 30, 2016
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Family Friendly
Cost: Free
Description:
Join Historic Smithfield Plantation at their annual Flags and Flowers Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 30, 2016.
Join us for a low key observance of Memorial Day at the Preston Family Cemetery to honor our veterans. There will be a short talk and a reading of a special poem.
After brief remarks, the public is invited to place flags and flowers (provided) on the graves of veterans. You are welcome to bring your own cut Peonies and American Flags, but we will have plenty to share.
Note: Due to the construction on Southgate Drive, please use the Price's Fork Exit towards downtown Blacksburg then take a right onto West Campus Drive then take a right onto Duckpond Drive and the a right onto Smithfield Plantation Road. Follow the arrows to the cemetery.
For more information on Historic Smithfield, visit: https://www.facebook.com/historicsmithfieldplantation or http://www.smithfieldplantation.org/ or call 540-231-3947.
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