Team Keesler represented at Memorial Day ceremonies Published May 25, 2011 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Team Keesler participates in several Memorial Day observances on Monday. 8:30 a.m. -- Airman Leadership School staff and members of Class 11-4 conduct a POW/MIA table ceremony at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport. 9 a.m. -- Brig. Gen. Andrew Mueller, 81st Training Wing commander, is the keynote speaker for the Memorial Day ceremony at the Biloxi National Cemetery. 10 a.m. -- Col. Glen Downing, 81st Training Wing vice commander, is the guest speaker for the Memorial Day ceremony at Hattiesburg Memorial Park. Memorial Day is a federal holiday that honors military members and is observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates American service members who died in service to their country. First enacted to honor Union and Confederate soldiers following the Civil War, the observance was extended after World War I to honor Americans who have died in all wars.