In front of the Memorial Wall honoring those lost or buried at sea. The ceremony begins with bagpipe music by Matthew Marshall. Dana Hope, Trinidad
Civic Club Co-President, will preside over the ceremony and will welcome guests,
followed by the flag ceremony and pledge of allegiance led by McKinleyville Boy Scout
Troop 99. The Rev. Nancy Streufert, Priest Associate, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in
Arcata, will give the invocation and vocalist Samantha Day will sing "Amazing Grace."
A representative from the Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay will address the
audience. A stanza from the poem “Terminus by Ralph Waldo Emerson will be read
by Patti Fleschner, Trinidad Civic Club Historian. Trinidad City Mayor Pro-Tem Jack
West will ring the Trinidad Head Lighthouse Keeper's cottage bell. Janine Volkmar,
Trinidad Civic Club Recording Secretary, will read the 276 memorial names, followed
by a USCG helicopter flyover. Saxophonist Matthew Brogdon will play "Taps” to close
the ceremony.