Celebrate Memorial Day in West Orange County

Multiple Memorial Day programs are being presented this month hosted by the cities of Ocoee and Winter Garden as well as Woodlawn Memorial Park. The public is invited to attend these events.

OCOEE

The city of Ocoee will honor fallen soldiers at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 23, at the Ocoee Lakeshore Center, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive. The Ocoee Police Honor Guard will present the colors and carry a wreath to be set in place at the city’s Memorial Wall. Ocoee High School student Marcus Jiao will play taps, and the national anthem will be performed. After the ceremony, refreshments will be served.

Retired Lt. Col. Yolanda Frazier, who has 30 years of service in the U.S. Army, will be the keynote speaker. She held two military commands, presiding over nearly 300 soldiers and training military officers from across the United States preparing them to be future military leaders. She served in Kuwait and was deployed to Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

For more information, please call 407-905-3100.

WINTER GARDEN

The city of Winter Garden and American Legion Hugh T. Gregory Post 63 will host a ceremony from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 27, at Veterans Memorial Park, 420 S. Park Ave. The event honors and remembers local veterans who gave their lives while in military service and will include a roll call of veterans, placement of wreaths and patriotic songs.

The event speaker is newly elected District 3 Commissioner Chloe Johnson.

WOODLAWN MEMORIAL PARK

Woodlawn Memorial Park’s 74th annual celebration begins at 10 a.m. Monday, May 27, in front of the Christ Mosaic at Woodlawn, 400 Woodlawn Cemetery Road, Gotha.

The event will include keynote speakers, and various veteran groups are expected to be in attendance.