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By JIM FARIS

Atchison’s American Legion Post 6 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1175 will honor fallen comrades with traditional services this Memorial Day.

The VFW’s schedule is as follows:

  • 8:30 AM-VFW Post
  • 8:50 AM-Oak Hill
  • 9:10 AM-Mount Vernon
  • 9:35 AM-St. Patrick’s
  • 10:00 AM-Sumner
  • 10:35 AM-Sugar Creek (Rushville, MO)
  • 11:00 AM-Veteran’s Park, Atchison Riverfront

The American Legion’s route:

  • 8:30 AM-Legion Post
  • 9:00 AM-Lancaster
  • 9:25 AM-Evergreen (Effingham, KS)
  • 9:40 AM-St. Ann’s (Effingham, KS)
  • 10:20 AM-Sunset Memory Gardens
  • 10:35 AM-Mount Calvary

The Legion will then gather at Veteran’s Park, where the VFW will conduct their service.