Morehead City, N.C., 2020 Memorial Day
Although the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to scale back their ceremony and make accommodations for social distancing, American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. still hosted Memorial Day observance at Bayview Cemetery to honor the veterans buried there.![Attendees await the beginning of the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20200525_MemorialDay_002.jpg?itok=xTTcKChY)
Attendees await the beginning of the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
![Attendees await the beginning of the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20200525_MemorialDay_013.jpg?itok=eCX9EcJF)
Attendees await the beginning of the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
![Don Wells, left, and Willard Jackson, of Greenville Public Safety Pipes & Drums, perform](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20200525_MemorialDay_015.jpg?itok=TLqJQO8R)
Don Wells, left, and Willard Jackson, of Greenville Public Safety Pipes & Drums, perform "Taps" during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
![Barbara Korns, left, and Elaine McGnn, of the Women Veterans of Coastal North Carolina, place a wreath during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20200525_MemorialDay_019.jpg?itok=_hVdbrqd)
Barbara Korns, left, and Elaine McGnn, of the Women Veterans of Coastal North Carolina, place a wreath during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
![Garrison Swiegart, left, and wife Barbara Swiegart, center left, salute the flag during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20200525_MemorialDay_022.jpg?itok=PfumPZEL)
Garrison Swiegart, left, and wife Barbara Swiegart, center left, salute the flag during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
![American Legion Post 46 Adjutant Rebecca Sotirkys salutes the flag after placing a wreath during the Memorial Day observance hosted by the post at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20200525_MemorialDay_025.jpg?itok=JdX8SN7Q)
American Legion Post 46 Adjutant Rebecca Sotirkys salutes the flag after placing a wreath during the Memorial Day observance hosted by the post at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
![A wreath of remembrance sits at the Veterans Memorial in Bayview Cemetery during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20200525_MemorialDay_026.jpg?itok=QcCFBw7c)
A wreath of remembrance sits at the Veterans Memorial in Bayview Cemetery during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
![Attendees take flags to place at veteran gravestones throughout Bayview Cemetery following the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20200525_MemorialDay_029.jpg?itok=bLaU77b0)
Attendees take flags to place at veteran gravestones throughout Bayview Cemetery following the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
![Flags fly in the breeze at veteran headstones throughout Bayview Cemetery following the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/20200525_MemorialDay_030.jpg?itok=Gyk3TGED)
Flags fly in the breeze at veteran headstones throughout Bayview Cemetery following the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey