Fleming plans Memorial Day services at three cemeteries, closes town offices

Fleming kept Memorial Day visible across town with three separate cemetery services led by Fleming VFW Post 7153, a format that tied remembrance to places where local families have gathered grief and memory for generations. The observances were held at Fleming Cemetery at 10 a.m., St. Peter’s Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. and Leroy Cemetery at 11 a.m., giving residents multiple chances to pause without forcing every tribute into one central stop.

The Town of Fleming said the day was meant to honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice and to recognize their families as well. That message mattered in a small rural community where remembrance is spread across several burial grounds rather than concentrated in one civic square. Fleming Cemetery, just outside town on W. Broadway at County Rd. 36, includes an Armed Services Memorial, reinforcing why it remains a focal point for the holiday.

The town also treated Memorial Day as a civic closure. Town Hall, the Town Shop and the Library were closed, matching the broader state holiday schedule. The Colorado Department of Revenue lists Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, as a state holiday with offices closed, and Fleming’s notice put that pause into local practice. The town’s events calendar listed the services on May 25 with a window from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., matching the three-stop schedule shared through the town’s live feed.

The observance has also become part of Fleming’s annual rhythm. The same service pattern has appeared in earlier town posts and a 2023 Fleming Focus newsletter, showing that the three-cemetery route is not a one-off response but a recurring tradition. That continuity fits the long presence of Fleming Post No. 7153 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc., which OpenGovCO lists as a Colorado nonprofit formed Nov. 24, 1987, with a registered office at 115 N Logan Avenue in Fleming.

The VFW Department of Colorado traces the organization’s Colorado roots to 1899 and describes the VFW as the nation’s largest and oldest war veterans service organization. In Fleming, that history was reflected in a straightforward holiday routine: honor the fallen, support the families who carry the loss, and keep military remembrance anchored in the cemeteries where the town’s history is already written.