The annual “We Are Remembering – Not Just a Number” event in Bend features a reading of the name, age and hometown of every U.S. service person killed in Afghanistan since 2001 and in Iraq since 2003. The reading now takes over 15 hours.Beautiful hand-written placards with names of every one of the nearly 7,500 military service members killed to date in the wars in Afghanistan (since 2001) and Iraq (since 2003) transform Troy field into a powerful memorial. 2022 is the 15th year of the event.
Deschutes Memorial Gardens Service
1:00pm
Deschuttes Memorial Gardens 63875 N. Hwy 97 Bend OR, 97701
What is the length of the 1pm ceremony?
Hi Eric. It should be no more than an hour, probably a little less. Take care!