Memorial Day Ceremony At Memorial Park

The City of San Ramon will hold its Memorial Day Program at Memorial Park on Monday, May 25, 2026, beginning at 9 a.m., according to the city’s event page. The program is scheduled to last about one hour at the park at 5001 Bollinger Canyon Road. City officials said the ceremony will honor fallen service members with music, remarks and a Commemorative Field of Flags. Patriotic music is scheduled from Olympia Fields Brass, with vocals by San Ramon Academy of Music student Saee Ghate. ### When and where is the ceremony? Monday, May 25, is the date listed by the City of San Ramon for the 2026 Memorial Day Program at Memorial Park. The city’s event page gives the start time as 9 a.m. and says the ceremony will run for approximately one hour. Memorial Park is listed at 5001 Bollinger Canyon Road in San Ramon. (sanramon.ca.gov) The city’s main events listings also show the Memorial Day Program and Field of Flags on May 25. The Parks & Community Services page lists the event in its upcoming calendar, alongside other Memorial Day weekend programming in San Ramon. ### What is planned during the program? Olympia Fields Brass is scheduled to perform patriotic music during the ceremony, according to the city. (sanramon.ca.gov) Saee Ghate, identified by the city as a San Ramon Academy of Music student, is also listed as a vocalist for the program. (sanramon.ca.gov) The city said the event is intended to honor fallen service members on Memorial Day 2026. Patch, in a local events report, said the ceremony will include patriotic music, tributes and a flag-placing component tied to the city’s Commemorative Field of Flags. (sanramon.ca.gov) ### How does the Commemorative Field of Flags work? The Commemorative Field of Flags will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 25, according to the city’s program page. The city said the display gives community members a chance to have a temporary flag placed in honor of a fallen service member or a deceased veteran during the Memorial Day Program. (sanramon.ca.gov) Community members are invited to place a flag in the field between 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., the city said. A Patch report on the event said residents can also use a form to ask city staff to place a flag for them, and that flags will remain in the field until 4 p.m. Monday. (sanramon.ca.gov) ### Who is being invited to attend? San Ramon officials said residents are invited to join the city in honoring fallen service members at the Memorial Day observance. The language on the city’s event page frames the ceremony as a public community program rather than a ticketed event. (sanramon.ca.gov) Patch’s local coverage described the ceremony as an opportunity to remember veterans or fallen service members through the field of flags. That account also said the event will include remarks in addition to music and the flag display. ### How does this fit into the broader Memorial Day schedule? (sanramon.ca.gov) The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it plans public Memorial Day commemoration ceremonies at 130 national cemeteries during Memorial Day weekend 2026. The VA advised visitors to confirm local ceremony details because dates and times can change. In San Ramon, the city’s public calendar lists the Memorial Day Program on May 25 and also shows the Art & Wind Festival running over the same holiday weekend. (patch.com) The Memorial Day observance is scheduled for the morning, while the city’s festival listings show separate programming at Central Park on May 24 and May 25. May 25 is the next dated milestone for the San Ramon event. (cem.va.gov) The city said community members can place flags between 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., the ceremony begins at 9 a.m., and the Commemorative Field of Flags will remain up until 4 p.m. at Memorial Park. (sanramon.ca.gov) (sanramon.ca.gov)