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St. Louis Honors American Veterans This Memorial Day

By , About.com Guide   May 21, 2008

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St. Louis will take time this Memorial Day to honor our nation's veterans and there are many ways for you to pay tribute. There's the moving ceremony at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, a free patriotic concert in Tower Grove Park or the nation's oldest Memorial Day parade in Alton, just to name a few.

Memorial Day Service
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
2900 Sheridan Road
9:45 a.m.

Memorial Day Parade
Alton, Illinois
Begins at College & Washington
10 a.m.

Memorial Day Concert
Compton Heights Concert Band
Tower Grove Park
3 p.m.

Memorial Day Ceremony
O'Fallon, Missouri
Veterans Memorial Walk
11 a.m.

(Photo courtesy Ronald Martinez, Getty Images)

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