Manassas National Battlefield Park will be marking Memorial Day with a commemorative ceremony on Monday.
The event will begin at noon at Groveton Confederate Cemetery and New York Avenue and will feature Union and Confederate flags, state flowers and wreaths of spring blooms decorating the battlefield in memory of the fallen of the two Civil War battles of Manassas in 1861 and 1862, and in commemoration of the nation's war dead through history.
Members of the 42nd Virginia Infantry and 14th Brooklyn Militia reenactment groups will represent Con-federate and Union troops in conducting funeral musketry salutes at the cemetery and at the 14th Brooklyn Monument.
The park's artillery detachment will fire a salute from a 10-pounder Parrott gun in honor of the war dead, and members of the 42nd Virginia will perform guard duty at the cemetery through the afternoon.
The ceremony will begin with the raising of flags to the peak of the cemetery flagstaff at noon. Musketry and artillery salutes will follow at the cemetery and a final musketry salute will be fired at the 14th Brook-lyn Monument at about 1 p.m.
The Groveton Cemetery is located on U.S. 29 about one mile west of Va.234. Parking for the cemetery is located immediately to the west of the site, off U.S. 29.
The 14th Brooklyn Monument is across U.S. 29 from the cemetery, with public access and parking located on New York Avenue, a park tour road.
The park entrance fee is $3 for adults 16 years of age and older and is payable at the Visitor Center. Manas-sas National Battlefield Annual Passes and National Parks Passes (Interagency, annual, Senior and Access) are also valid for admission to the park. There is no additional fee for the Memorial Day ceremony.
The Visitor Center is located at 6511 Sudley Road, north of Manassas. For more information call 703-361-1339.
Staff writer Bennie Scarton Jr. can be reached at (703) 369-6707.
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