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SIERRA VISTA — There will be two events Monday to remember America’s fallen military members who have served defending the nation.

The first event will take place at the Old Post Cemetery on Fort Huachuca, starting at 11:30 a.m.

Post Public Affairs Officer Angela Camera said people who want to attend the event should arrive earlier than the start time.

There will be designated parking areas, where buses will depart from to transport people to the cemetery grounds, she said.

The speaker will be Maj. Gen. Robert Ashley, commander of the Army’s Intelligence Center of Excellence and the fort.

The annual event will include the reading of the Grand Army of the Republic General Order 11, issued by Gen. Joshua Logan shortly after the end of America’s Civil War, calling for May 30 to be a day to honor the war’s dead.

Wreaths will be placed by the general, the Widowed Support Center, Gold Star Wives and the Society of Military Wives.

Patriotic music will be provided by the fort’s Military Intelligence Corps Band. Other military involvement during the event will include the firing of a 21-rifle salute by members of the post’s Select Honor Guard and the playing of “Taps.”

The ceremony will conclude at noon as members of the honor guard will fire cannons as part of the National Salute from Reservoir Hill.

At 6 p.m., a ceremony will be held at the state-operated Southern Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, which is located along Buffalo Solider Trail in Sierra Vista.

The event is hosted by the Fort Huachuca Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America and will include the presentation of flags representing local veterans’ organizations.

The speaker is Republican U.S. Rep. Martha McSally, whose second Congressional District includes all of Cochise County and other parts of southern Arizona.

As part of the event, members of the Cochise County Marines of VFW Post 9972 will dedicate a monument to three dozen from Southeastern Arizona who have fallen during the Global War on Terror since 2003. The monument has been placed near the cemetery chapel.