DAN: GOOD EVENING, I'M DAN
GREEN.
ERIN CLARK HAS THE NIGHT OFF.
WE ARE BEGINNING TONIGHT WITH A
DAY OF RELECTION AROUND THE
-- A DAY OF REFLECTION AROUND
THE COUNTRY AND HERE ON THE
CENTRAL COAST AS WE MARK
MEMORIAL DAY.
[21 GUN SALUTE]
DAN: AT CENTRAL PARK IN SALINAS,
A CEREMONY INCLUDING A 21 GUN
SALUTE AND "TAPS" TO HONOR THOSE
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
A SPECIAL TRIBUTE WAS GIVEN TO A
FALLEN VETERAN WHO WAS BORN IN
SALINAS AND GREW UP IN MONTEREY.
JACK HAZDOVAC WAS A WORLD WAR II
NAVAL OFFICER KILLED ON THE USS
ARIZONA IN PEARL HARBOR.
A ROSE BUSH WAS PLANTED TODAY IN
HIS HONO
IN MONTEREY, HUNDREDS THOSE WHO
GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WERE
REMEMBERED THROUGH MUSIC AT THE
MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT.
ACTION NEWS REPORTER CAITLIN
CONRAD WAS THERE AND JOINS US
FROM MONTEREY.
REPORTER: IT WAS A WONDERFUL
EVENT AND WONDERFUL WAY TO
CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY.
WHILE IT IS ABOUT REMEMBERING
THE FALLEN SOLDIERS, IT IS ALSO
ABOUT HONORING VETERANS STILL
WITH US IN BRINGING MUSIC TO
MODERATE.
♪
REPORTER: A COMMUNITY GATHERED
ON COLTON HALL LAWN ON MEMORIAL
DAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US.
>> WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO SERVED
FOR AMERICA.
>> ♪ THE ARMY IS ON ITS WAY ♪
REPORTER: WHILE THE SACRIFICE OF
OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS WAS NEVER
FAR FROM MINDS, THE PERFORMANCES
GAVE THE CONCERT AND UPBEAT
FEELING.
♪
REPORTER: THE MONTEREY POPS
PROVIDING THE SOUNDTRACK TO
HONOR OUR MILITARY MEMBERS.
>> OUR WHOLE CONCEPT IS FREE.
WE WANT FAMILIES TO COME, WE
WANT CHILDREN TO COME AND
LISTEN.
♪
REPORTER: THIS YEAR, THE POPS
INVITED THREE YOUTH MUSIC GROUPS
TO ACCOMPANY THEM ON STAGE.
>> THIS IS OUR FINAL CONCERT, SO
I MADE IT BE IMPORTANT
♪
REPORTER 50 YOUNG MUSICIANS
FROM ORCHESTRAS IN THE SCHOOLS
PARTICIPATED.
>> WE ARE GOING TO PLAY "NEW
WORLD SYMPHONY" AND "VILLAG
FESTIVAL. "
REPORTER: THE KIDS PLAYED WELL
AND SHOWED OFF THEIR LOVE FOR
MUSIC ON MEMORIAL DAY.
>> WELL, MUSIC MAKES YOU FEEL
GOOD WHEN YOU'RE SAD AND MAD,
AND SO LIKE, IT HELPS YOU KEEP
HAPPY.
REPORTER MONTEREY COUNTY POPS
OFFERS FREE CONCERTS YEAR ROUN
INCLUDING ITS NEXT BIG EVENT ON
THE FOURTH OF JULY, ALSO AT
COLTON HALL LAWN
IN MONTEREY, CAITLIN CONRAD,
KSBW ACTION NEWS 8.
DAN: THERE WERE MORE MEMORIAL
DAY AT THESE ON THE CENTRAL
COAST TODAY.
THIS ONE AT THE VETERANS -- THE
NONVETERANS MEMORIAL.
-- VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL.
>> TO HONOR THE PEOPLE GAVE
EVERYTHING VIEWE
.
I HAVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF
PEOPLE WHO DIED IN VIETNAM.
THAT NEEDS TO BE HONORED.
DA NEARLY 60,000 AMERICANS
WERE KILLED FIGHTING THE WAR IN
VIETNAM.
DOZENS GATHERED AT THE GARDEN OF
MEMORIES MEMORIAL PARK IN
SALINAS FOR THE ANNUAL FLAG
RAISING CEREMONY.
THE SERVICES HOSTED BY THE
AMERICAN LEGION POST ANYONE.
THREE MEMBERS OF THAT AMERICAN
LEGION POST IN SALINAS TODAY
TALKED ABOUT PLANS FOR A
CROSS-COUNTRY TREK IN THE NAME
OF VETERANS.
FELI CORTEZ HAS MORE.
REPORTER: THEY WI RIDE THEIR
MOTORCYCLES 10,000 MILES
CROSS-COUNTRY TO BENEFIT THE
VETERAN CEMETERY.
IN SEPTEMBER, THESE AMERICAN
LEGION RIDERS FROM HOST ANYONE
IN SALINAS WILL TAKE THE RIGHT
OF THEIR LIVES.
A CROSSCOUNTRY TRIP TO HELP
RAISE AWARENESS AND MONEY FOR
THE CENTRAL COAST VETERANS
CEMETERY ON THE FOUR MORE --
FORMER FORT ORD FEUD >> WE LOVE
TO RIDE, THAT IS FIRST AND
FOREMOST, THE ONLY THING WE LOVE
MORE IS TO WRITE FOR A PURPOSE.
THIS GIVES A GREAT SENSE OF
PURPOSE AND LIVES UP TO OUR
CHARTER TO BE OF SERVICE TO
VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
REPORTER RICKY AND STEVE ARE
WRITING TO HELP RAISE FUNDS TO
BUILD THE SECOND PHASE OF THE
VETERANS CEMETERY.
CEMETERY PLANS LOST ABOUT A
MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING WITH
THE DEVELOPER OF MONTEREY DOWNS
HORSE TRACK AND HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PULLED OUT.
FOR NOW, THE CEMETERY
ACCOMMODATES CREMATED MEANS
ONLY.
THE SECOND PHASE WILL ALLOW FOR
INGROUND BURIAL SCARED --
BURIALS.
A LOT OF VETERANS TO LIVING
HERE SPENDING THEIR LAST YEARS,
THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A PLACE
WHERE THEY CAN BE LAID TO REST
WITH UNITY AND HONOR.
REPORTER: THE WRITERS -- RIDERS
ARE CALLING THE JOURNEY AND EPIC
RIDE FOR DIGNITY AND REMEMBRANCE
, EIGHT 2000 -- A 10,000 MILE
TREK ROUTE 27 STATES.
IT'S REALLY OUR MISSION FOR
VETERANS AND ANYWAY SHE PERFORM
THE WE CAN DO THINGS THEM.
>> WE KNEEL THE PRAYERS WE CAN
GET TO THAT IS GOING TO BE A
LONG RIDE.
REPORTER: THOSE WRITERS ARE
HEADING OUT SEPTEMBER 4.
DAN: YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW TO
HELP THOSE WRITERS - RIDERS ON
OUR WEBSITE OR APP.
AT EVERGREEN CEMETARY IN SANTA
CRUZ, VETERANS CAME OUT TO
CELEBRATE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY'S
150TH MEMORIAL DAY OBERVANCE.
THE MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY
WHO OWNS AND MANAGES THE
PROPERTY HOPES THIS GATHERING
WILL TEACH AND STIPULATE --
STIMULATE AWARENESS OF THE
SACRIFICES MADE BY SO MANY
VETERANS THAT CALLED SANTA CRUZ
COUNTY HOME VIEWED >> WE ARE
HERE TO HONOR THOSE WHO GIVE
THEIR LIFE IN SERVICE TO THE
COUNTRY AND CONNECT WITH THE
HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WE
COME TOGETHER IN CELEBRATION OF
WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE ARE
BECOMING.
>> IT IS AN HONOR TO BRING
HOMAGE TO ALL OF THE FALLEN
SOLDIERS.
I HAD A FEW FRIENDS OF MINE THAT
DID NOT MAKE IT HOME V
.
THIS IS MY WAY TO HONOR THEM.
DAN: THE MUSEUM WILL BE
RENOVATING AND REPAIRING A PLOT
OF LAND CEMETERY KNOWN AS THE
GRANDARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
IT IS THE RESTING PLACE OF SANTA
CRUZ COUNTY CIVIL WAR VETERANS.
THE MODERATE COAST GUARD ALSO
PAYING TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO LOST
HER LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES
NAVY TOSSED REEVES INTO THE
OCEAN -- WREATHS INTO THE OCEAN
VIEWED
WE OWE BASICALLY EVERYTHING
TO THEM.
DAN: THE CEREMONY INCLUDED TAPS
AND TH MODERATE -- MODERATE
FIRE BOAT.
ANOTHER MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE AT
THE CASTROVIL CEMETERY IN MOSS
LANDING.
VETERANS, FAMILIES AND OTHER
SUPPORTERS GATHERED TO REMEMBER
THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES
FOR THE COUNTRY.
SENATOR BILL MONNING AND A
SIMILAR NUMBER MARK STONE WERE
ON HAND, AS WAS CONGRESSMAN
VETERAN JIMMY PANETTA.
>> IT REMINDS US THAT WE NEED TO
DO IT NOT JUST TODAY, BUT
EVERYDAY FOR THOSE WHO SERVED
US.
DAN: MORE VETERANS AND FAMILIES
AND SEASIDE CAME OUT TO A
COMMEMORATION CEREMONY AT THE
MISSION MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
LEGION POST 591 HOSTED THE
EVENT.
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