With the first in a series of Memorial Day observances staged at Burwood Cemetery on River Road, members of the Escalon American Legion Post 263, Legion Riders and a variety of guest speakers made note of the service and sacrifice of fallen military members. Opening up the ceremony at Burwood at 10 a.m. Monday, Post 263 Chaplain Casey den Ouden said it was proper to honor “the lives of those who paid the supreme sacrifice.” Guest speaker, Pastor Joshua Fala of the Christian Worship Center in Manteca, outlined a number of his family members who have served and said the service and sacrifice of all veterans should not go unnoticed.