By Khalida Sarwari
A Memorial Day service honoring veterans is scheduled Monday at a cemetery in Oakland.
The 88th annual commemoration at the Mountain View Cemetery will feature a wreath placing and 21-gun salute followed by a dove release, along with performances by the Piedmont Highlanders Drum and Pipe Trio and the Dave Hardiman Trio.
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Keith Turro will give the keynote speech. Oakland Tech and West Point graduate U.S. Army Capt. Justin Raphael, who will be deployed to Iraq for a second tour in September, will also speak.
The ceremony, hosted by American Legion Rizal Post 598, American Legion Oakland Post and Mountain View Cemetery Association, will be held at 10 a.m. at the cemetery, located at 5000 Piedmont Ave.