SCV Veterans Memorial Inc. and Eternal Valley Memorial Park presents the 36th annual Santa Clarita Valley Memorial Day Ceremony honoring fallen American heroes.

This year’s theme is “Women in the Military.”

Female veterans from the Santa Clarita Valley were  acknowledged with stage display and  presented with certificates of recognition from the city of Santa Clarita and various elected officials.

The keynote speaker for this year’s event was retired Major Heidi Heinrich.

Following the ceremony, the audience was invited to the Veterans Memorial Wall for the reading of the more than 1,000 names inscribed on the wall.