For the Reporter

Auburn’s Mountain View Cemetery hosts a special Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday.

The public is invited to attend the ceremony in the flag plaza at the cemetery, 2020 Mountain View Drive.

The ceremony will include comments by Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus; the National Anthem sung by the Auburn Mountainview High School duet of Morgan Nyren and Taylor Liabraaten; a color guard presentation by Boy Scouts of America Troops 398, 401 and Pack 64; comments by Post Commander Frank Bannister VFW Post 1741 of Auburn; a rifle salute by the Inter-Tribal Warrior Society; and “Taps” by Dallin Campbell, Brett Anton and Isaac Park.

The cemetery will display many American Flags on the grounds, and each veteran’s gravesite is decorated with a small flag. The small American flags are donated by Auburn VFW Post 1741.

For more information about the special activities surrounding Memorial Day at Mountain View Cemetery, please call 253-931-3028 or visit www.mtviewcemeteryauburn.gov.