LEWISTON — Members of all area veterans organizations and the public are invited to attend memorial services to be held at noon Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Lewiston Veterans Park.

The service will commemorate the anniversaries of the terrorist truck bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks on Oct. 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon, where 241 U.S. Marines and Naval personnel lost their lives, and the terrorist boat bombing of the U.S.S. Cole on Oct. 12, 2000, at the refueling dock in Yemen, where 17 crew members lost their lives.

The program will include the national anthem, sung by the assembly; an invocation by the Rev. Steven Crowson of Trinity Episcopal Church; the history of the U.S. Marine Corps by Past Commandant Roland Cyr of the Central Maine Marine Corps League; a proclamation read by Jerry DerBoghosian, president emeritus, U.S.S. Canberra Association; the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy Service songs, sung by the assembly; “Taps” played by Roger Renaud; and “God Bless America,” sung by the assembly.

The memorial service will be held rain of shine. For more information, contact Jerry DerBoghosian at 782-5700 or 353-7435.