Morehead City, N.C., 2020 Memorial Day

Although the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to scale back their ceremony and make accommodations for social distancing, American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. still hosted Memorial Day observance at Bayview Cemetery to honor the veterans buried there.
Attendees await the beginning of the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Attendees await the beginning of the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Attendees await the beginning of the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Attendees await the beginning of the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Don Wells, left, and Willard Jackson, of Greenville Public Safety Pipes & Drums, perform
Don Wells, left, and Willard Jackson, of Greenville Public Safety Pipes & Drums, perform "Taps" during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Barbara Korns, left, and Elaine McGnn, of the Women Veterans of Coastal North Carolina, place a wreath during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Barbara Korns, left, and Elaine McGnn, of the Women Veterans of Coastal North Carolina, place a wreath during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Garrison Swiegart, left, and wife Barbara Swiegart, center left, salute the flag during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Garrison Swiegart, left, and wife Barbara Swiegart, center left, salute the flag during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
American Legion Post 46 Adjutant Rebecca Sotirkys salutes the flag after placing a wreath during the Memorial Day observance hosted by the post at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
American Legion Post 46 Adjutant Rebecca Sotirkys salutes the flag after placing a wreath during the Memorial Day observance hosted by the post at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
A wreath of remembrance sits at the Veterans Memorial in Bayview Cemetery during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
A wreath of remembrance sits at the Veterans Memorial in Bayview Cemetery during the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Attendees take flags to place at veteran gravestones throughout Bayview Cemetery following the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Attendees take flags to place at veteran gravestones throughout Bayview Cemetery following the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Flags fly in the breeze at veteran headstones throughout Bayview Cemetery following the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey
Flags fly in the breeze at veteran headstones throughout Bayview Cemetery following the Memorial Day observance hosted by American Legion Post 46 in Morehead City, N.C. Photo by Katie Bailey