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In Paynesville, services to remember the men and women who have served and died for their country will start with a mass at the St. Louis Catholic Cemetery on Lake Avenue at 8 a.m. A service in the school auditorium will start at 9:30 a.m. with Sen. Michelle Fischbach (R-Paynesville) as the guest speaker. (Legionaires, including the color guard, should gather at the Legion post by 8:50 a.m. and then head to the school.)

Following the service, a flag ceremony will be held in front of Paynesville Area High School and then a ceremony will be held at the Paynesville Cemetery, a mile west of town on Cemetery Road.

A dinner will be served at the American Legion in Paynesville from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Memorial Day.

The Othmar Braun American Legion will have a mass at 10:30 a.m. at their post three miles northeast of Lake Henry on Co. Rd. 32. A memorial service will be held on the grounds following the mass, and a roast beef and ham dinner will be served in the post hall after that.