{"id":33,"date":"2019-05-27T14:20:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T21:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999951657"},"modified":"2019-05-27T14:20:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T21:20:37","slug":"memorial-day-forest-lawn-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/memorial-day-forest-lawn-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"IN PICTURES: A day to thank the men and women who died for their country"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of people attended the Memorial Day remembrance at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Long Beach today to honor those who died in the service of their country.<\/p>\n

Boy Scouts of America Troop #120 started off the ceremony with a Memorial March accompanied by The 42nd Highlanders Regimental Pipes and Drums.<\/p>\n

Patriotic music, moving speeches, beautiful singing, flying flags, fresh flowers and a flyover were just a part of the ceremonial event.<\/p>\n

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Memorial Day flags were placed at grave sites. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A combat veterans attends the Forest Lawn Cemetery Memorial Day event in Long Beach. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The 42nd Highlander Regimental Pipes and Drums and Boy Scouts of America, Troop #120 take part in a Memorial Day march. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Boy Scouts from Troop #120. Photo by Kelly Smiley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Vets salute during the posting colors. Photo by Kelly Smiley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Caption John Howard, U.S. Air Force, gave an emotional speech. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A flyover honored the fallen. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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White doves fly away during the ceremony. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Boy Scouts from Troop #120 salute during the placement of a memorial wreath in memory of those who served. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Civil Air Patrol Cadet Unit Squadron 153 retire the colors at the Forest Lawn Cemetery Memorial Day event. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Father Al Scott gave one of the several emotional speeches thanking fallen veterans for their service. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Band of the California Battalion performs. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A couple leaves, walking by graves that had Memorial Day flags placed at them. Photo by Kelly Smiley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ceremony at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Long Beach was a remembrance for all those who died in service to their country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":65566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[43],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-memorial-day","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}