U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda keynote speaker at Kaua‘i Memorial Day event

The Garden Isle will honor its veterans at the annual Memorial Day Observance to be held Monday at Kaua‘i Veterans Cemetery in Hanapēpē.

The event is organized by the Kaua‘i Veterans Center and will feature Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami and a representative of Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green. The keynote speaker is U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda.

Tokuda represents Hawai‘i’s Second Congressional District that includes suburban and rural parts of O‘ahu, the islands of Hawai‘i, Kaua‘i, Maui, Lānaʻi, Molokaʻi, Ni‘ihau, Kaho‘olawe and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. She sits on the Committee on Armed Services.

The Memorial Day Observance also will include members of the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, and the Waimea High School JROTC, which will post and retire the colors.

The service begins at 10 a.m.