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Memorial Day Weekend activities honor military who have died in service

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Ramona’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3783 will be distributing Buddy Poppies on Memorial Day Weekend. Donations for the Buddy Poppy Program go directly to assist needy active duty military and veterans’ charities.

VFW Post and Auxiliary members will be at Albertsons, Stater Bros., and Kmart in town, and the Country Village Store and San Vicente Golf Course in San Diego Country Estates on May 22, 23 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

On Memorial Day on Monday, May 25, a Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at Nuevo Memory Gardens cemetery, 532 Ash St., at 10 a.m. The public is encouraged to attend.

Also on Memorial Day, VFW Post 3783 will officiate at a ceremony at Schwaesdall Winery at the memorial honoring the seven men from Ramona who were killed or missing in action in the Vietnam War. The ceremony will be at noon at 17677 Rancho De Oro Road off Highway 67.

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