White crosses with poppies and American Flags at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery on Sunday, May 26, 2024, in honor of veterans for Memorial Day. (Bill Roth / ADN)

Saturday

Honoring our Heroes: Headstone cleanup, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, 535 E. 9th Ave.

Nuvision Alaska invites members and community to join in honoring fallen service members by helping restore and clean veterans’ headstones. The Legion Auxiliary and VFW will mark graves with flags in advance. Volunteers can sign up and are encouraged to bring gloves, 5-gallon buckets and water spray bottles, natural or nylon bristle scrub brushes, and small hand tools. There is a reception to follow at the American Legion.

Monday

Anchorage Remembers Memorial Day Ceremony, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Delaney Park Strip at Ninth Avenue and I Street

Hosted by the Municipality of Anchorage, the event honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The schedule includes speakers, wreath-laying to remember fallen service members, patriotic music and ceremonies taking place at the Veterans Memorial on the Delaney Park Strip. The event is free and open to the public.

Anyone with questions can call MOA Military & Veterans Affairs Chair David Foli at 907-444-4646.

Mat-Su Veterans Wall of Honor Memorial Day ceremony, 1 p.m. Monday, 801 Wasilla-Fishhook Road in Wasilla

A full day of remembrances is scheduled in Mat-Su starting at 10:30 a.m. with the lineup for the walk from the Mat-Su Wall of Honor to Aurora Cemetery. The walk starts at 10:45 a.m., and at 11 a.m. the VFW 9365 will lead a memorial ceremony. There will also be a memorial service at the Wall of Honor starting at 1 p.m., with a potluck and fellowship to follow at 1:30 p.m. at VFW Post 9365, 301 E. Lake View Ave. in Wasilla.

Memorial Day BBQ at American Legion Post 1, 12:30 to 3 p.m. Monday, American Legion Jack Henry Post 1, 840 W. Fireweed Lane

Hosted by Nuvision Alaska, this event includes a free barbecue lunch catered by Peppercini’s, live music from Nothin’ but Trouble, fellowship with fellow veterans and a special Memorial Day ceremony presented by the American Legion and Nuvision. Veterans are asked to register online and show their military ID on arrival.

(If you have information on Memorial Day events that could be included in this listing, please email Chris Bieri at cbieri@adn.com.)