Annual Memorial Day Service
When:Legion Post 305 will host the annual Memorial Day Service in Waverly on May 25, 2026. They will be assisted by the Legion Auxiliary and the Waverly Fire Department, who will host refreshments immediately following the service.
Parade: 10:30 am through the downtown area ending at Veterans Memorial Park (Railroad Park) across from City Hall.
ALL VETERANS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN IN THE PARADE, SERVICE AND RECEPTION FOLLOWING THE SERVICE. GATHER IN FRONT OF CITY HALL AT 10:00 AM TO PROCEED AS A GROUP TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PARADE.
Service: Immediately following the parade in Veteran Memorial Park (formerly Railroad Park) on Atlantic Ave. just across from City Hall. All deceased Veteran from Waverly and the surrounding area will be honored during the service.
Refreshments (beer, root beer, hot dogs and cookies) will be served by the Waverly Fire Department and Post 305 Legion Auxiliary in the Park immediately following the service.
The speaker this year will be broadcast journalist and author Chas Henry, a combat decorated veteran of the 1991 Gulf War. Chas Henry served in the U.S. Marine Corp rising in rank from private to captain. He has worked in Washington DC as a television reporter with News Channel 8, ABC7 and a number of other networks. He has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan and Qatar, and has been recognized with several awards including a regional Edward R. Murrow award. He has been selected for national security related fellowships by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Radio Television Digital News Foundation and the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism.
Captain Henry is the author of several books, including FUJI FIRE released June 1, 2025. This is a book about a tragic but forgotten 1979 typhoon, fuel spill and fire at a U.S. Marine Corps camp below Mount Fuji, Japan. In October 1979 a Super Typhoon prompted a fuel spill at the ramshackle encampment. More than 5,000 gallons of gasoline flowed atop floodwaters into corrugated steel huts occupied by Marines and Sailors. The huts’ open-flame kerosene heaters sparked flash fires. Amid tumultuous wind and rain, burning fuel flowed from structure to structure. Seventy-three were injured in the mishap at Camp Fuji — 54 of them suffering burns. Thirteen lost their lives. Click here for further information of the book.
Copies of the book will be available at the park following the service and from noon to 1:00 pm at KC Hall, 301 5th St N., Waverly.