The Ames Patriotic Council will sponsor a Memorial Day parade beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 29. The parade will start at City Hall, 515 Clark Ave. Anyone, especially any veteran, wishing to walk or ride in the parade is welcome. Parade participants should begin gathering at 10 a.m. on Fifth Street between Clark and Pearle avenues or in the parking lot on the west side of City Hall. The parade will proceed north along Clark and then east along Ninth Street to the Ames Municipal Cemetery, 310 E. Ninth St. A Memorial Day program will be held at 11 a.m. at the cemetery. The event will be in person but also viewable at www.facebook.com/AmesPatrioticCouncil/events and www.AmesPatrioticCouncil.org. In case of rain, the parade will be cancelled, and the program will move indoors to the City Hall Auditorium at 11 a.m.

Lt. Col. Dan Runyon (Army National Guard, Ret.) will be the featured speaker. The program will also include representatives of the City of Ames and American Legion Post No. 37.

A color guard from the Des Moines Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol will present the colors. The Ames Municipal Band under the direction of Mike Golemo will play patriotic music. The featured singer will be Jim DeHoet. A list of the names of local veterans interred since last Memorial Day will be read, followed by a salute from the American Legion Honor Guard.

Afterwards, American Legion Post #37 will provide lunch at the post, 225 Main Street in Ames. A salute to the dead will be given at the Ontario Cemetery at 1 p.m. and at the Story Memorial Gardens at 1:30 p.m.