PHOTOS Memorial Day Tributes
There are over 200 veterans interned between the Superior and Quartz Cemeteries, including 5 Civil War veterans. 47 are resting in the DeBorgia Cemetery. On Memorial Day, the Honor Guard from the Lloyd Riding Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6238, laid a wreath into the Clark Fork River from the Veterans Bridge in Superior. They then held formal military ceremonies at the Superior and Quartz Cemeteries with a modest crowd honoring those who never returned from wars.
The public is always welcome to take the journey from Mullan Square in St. Regis, where the Memorial Day commemoration begins, and walk to the bridge overlooking the St. Regis River. Members from the American Legion Ray Welch Post #13 led those at the service in prayer, a wreath laying, a short speech, and a three-volley salute. The annual Memorial Day service concludes at the local cemetery on Highway 135. (Mineral Independent/Amy Quinlivan)
During the Memorial Day ceremony, a handmade wreath of fresh lilacs blooms is tossed into the St. Regis River as a symbolic act of honoring and remembering service members who lost their lives at sea. (Mineral Independent/Amy Quinlivan)
The public is always welcome to take the journey from Mullan Square in St. Regis, where the Memorial Day commemoration begins, and walk to the bridge overlooking the St. Regis River. Members from the American Legion Ray Welch Post #13 led those at the service in prayer, a wreath laying, a short speech, and a three-volley salute. The annual Memorial Day service concludes at the local cemetery on Highway 135. (Mineral Independent/Amy Quinlivan)
During the Memorial Day ceremony, a handmade wreath of fresh lilacs blooms is tossed into the St. Regis River as a symbolic act of honoring and remembering service members who lost their lives at sea. (Mineral Independent/Amy Quinlivan)