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| Memorial Day Services SKY-VIEW MEMORIAL PARK MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES MEMORIAL DAY IS A UNITED STATES FEDERAL HOLIDAY OBSERVED ON THE LAST MONDAY OF MAY. FORMERLY KNOWN AS "DECORATION DAY," IT COMMEMORATES UNITED STATES MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED WHILE IN MILITARY SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY. MEMORIAL DAY WAS OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED ON MAY 5, 1868 BY GENERAL JOHN LOGAN AND FIRST OBSERVED MAY 30, 1868 WHEN FLOWERS WERE PLACED ON THE GRAVES OF UNION SOLDIERS. IT WAS THEN EXPANDED AFTER WORLD WAR 1 TO INCLUDE AMERICAN CASUALITIES OF ANY WAR OR MILITARY ACTION. A "NATIONAL MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE" RESOLUTION WAS PASSED DECEMBER 2000 WHICH ASKS, THAT AT 3:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME, ALL AMERICANS TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER ALL WHO HAVE FALLEN IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. ANOTHER AMERICAN TRANDITION, IS TO FLY THE FLAG AT HALF-STAFF FROM DAWN UNTIL NOON LOCAL TIME ON MEMORIAL DAY. MANY PEOPLE OBSERVE THIS HOLIDAY BY VISITING CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS. SKY-VIEW MEMORIAL PARK HONORS THE VETERANS THAT ARE INTERRED IN OUR CEMETERY ON MEMORIAL DAY. THE ISGANITIS, HECKMAN, MESSERSCHMIDT POST 973 AMERICAN LEGION OF QUAKAKE, PA HOLDS A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE EVERY YEAR HONORING ALL VETERANS. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3419 VETERANS BURIED AT OUR CEMETERY. A FLAG IS PLACED AT EVERY VETERAN'S GRAVESITE BY OUR DEDICATED STAFF. THE FLOWERS THAT ARE PLACED BY THEIR LOVING FAMILIES, MAKES SKY-VIEW MEMORIAL PARK THE TRI-COUNTIES MOST BEAUTIFUL CEMETERY. SILK ARRANGEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT SKY-VIEW. OUR STAFF WILL BE HAPPY TO PLACE THEM AT THE GRAVESITE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. COME VISIT SKY-VIEW ON MEMORIAL DAY AND YOU WILL AGREE THAT OUR CEMETERY IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CEMETERY.
OUR REGULAR SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2021 AT 11:30 A.M. WE WILL BE FOLLOWING ALL CDC AND PA DEPT. OF HEALTH GUIDELINES. SALUTE TO OUR VETERANS
SKY-VIEW MEMORIAL PARK, INC. "THE TRULY PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY" FAITHFUL FRIENDS CEMETERY FOR YOUR LOVING PETS "PARADISE" SCATTERING GARDEN
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