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Seal Beach observed Memorial Day in Eisenhower Park on Monday, May 25. Southeast County Young Marines presented and retired the colors. This year’s ceremony including a Tolling of the Boats, a ceremonial reading of the names of submarines that were lost during World War II and the cause (when known) of their loss. After the reading of the name of each submarine, a bell was rung. The Tolling of the Boats was moved to Eisenhower Park this year because the Submarine Memorial on Seal Beach Boulevard, just outside the entrance to Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, was not available.
