The Auburn community is invited to the 22nd-annual Mayor’s Memorial Day Breakfast on Monday, May 30, as we honor our nation’s heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. at the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. The Auburn University Naval ROTC will present the colors, and there will be performances by the Auburn University Memorial Day Singers.
Retired Army Lt. Col. James Witte will be the guest of honor and the recipient of this year’s Distinguished Veteran Award. The Auburn Heroes Remembered Award will be presented to the family of Grady Jones, a retired Marine and former Auburn Police officer.
Tickets can be purchased at City Hall and are $25 a person or $200 for a table of eight.
A free memorial wreath laying ceremony will follow the breakfast at 10 a.m. at the Auburn Veterans Memorial Monument at the northeast corner of Ross Street and Glenn Avenue.
Attendees are encouraged to park at the Douglas J. Watson Municipal Complex, Felton Little Park and the East Glenn Avenue Municipal Parking Lot. Ross Street between Glenn and Harper avenues and Glenn Avenue between Burton and North Debardeleben streets will be closed during the ceremony to provide room for on-street accessible parking.
