The Plano American Legion Post #395 held Memorial Day ceremonies at Veterans Walkway (Route 34 and Center Street in Plano) and at Little Rock Cemetery (North Center Street) honoring veterans who have given their lives to their country.
Roosevelt-Aurora Post 84 participates in Aurora's Memorial Day parade.
Aurora will celebrate the 156th anniversary of Memorial Day during the 2024 Aurora Memorial Day Parade held in honor of the brave men and women who paid the ultimate price and gave their lives for our country. With the theme “Remembrance and Respect,” the parade will step off at 10...
Randy Brown of the Aurora Noon Lions Club in the parade Monday, May 29 at the Aurora Memorial Day parade interacts with youngsters who receive treats.
Protocol, news, information. Memorial Day is a significant day for many understandable reasons, if we choose to think of them! Because Memorial Day arrives in late May, almost June, the mentality in our northern Illinois area is that of good weather. For many, it is the beginning of Summer which...
Aurora celebrated the 155th anniversary of Memorial Day, with the 2023 Aurora Memorial Day Parade. With the theme, “Remembrance and Respect,” the parade was led by grand marshal Dr. Brian Caputo, president of the College of DuPage. An Aurora resident, Dr. Caputo retired from the United States Army Reserve as...
Aurora will celebrate the 155th anniversary of Memorial Day during the 2023 Aurora Memorial Day Parade. The parade is held in honor of the brave men and women who paid the ultimate price and gave their lives for our country. With the theme, “Remembrance and Respect,” the parade will step...
West Aurora Cemetery will be host to its annual Memorial Day ceremony, at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 28, at 543 Wilder Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission is free. An historic program will be presented by The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Philip Sheridan Post...
Memorial Day is a distinctive holiday with a distinctive purpose: Memorialize those who died defending the United States. Added to it is a memorial for all family members who no longer are alive. Memorial is a tribute and is final. We can do memorials once each year, or, any time...
DuPage County will be host to a ceremony in observance of Memorial Day at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 28, at the DuPage County Government Complex in Wheaton. The ceremony will take place at the Veterans Memorial, outside near the pond on the DuPage County Government Complex, 421 N. County Farm...
This day, Memorial Day, stand tall and proud.Though given freely, death would not have been their choice;They chose the only path they knew—remain unbowed.So now their markers speak, their silence is their voice.For in our daily lives, we do not think of price;But know we will not stoop to living...
Monday, May 15, was Peace Officers Memorial Day. The City of Aurora government honored its four fallen officers during a special memorial ceremony. October 1, 1962, U.S. president John F. Kennedy designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of federal, state, and municipal peace officers who have...
The Aurora Noon Lions Club participates in the Aurora Memorial Day parade.
The Naperville Central High School band participates in the Memorial day Parade in Naperville.
This day is set aside for those who died in war;To pay them homage and respect for sacrifice and more.This day should be one where we try to reach and touchBecause, not having been in war, you really don’t know much.For instance, take the veteran who has a Purple Heart;What...
Memorial Day will have its way, a day in which we pause;To honor fallen heroes, who answered freedom’s cause.But, more than that, the day itself, the day we set aside,Designed to give us opportunity to show our pride. This day is just as meaningful as any we proclaim,Our reverence in...
Philip H Sheridan Camp #2 Aurora, Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War will sponsor a ceremony from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 21 to honor all 338 veterans of the Civil War buried at the cemetery. There will be posting of colors, singing, speeches by dignitaries,...
he long parade in downtown Naperville reveals the occasion Monday for Memorial Day with music, veterans who marched, Boy Scouts, and officials.
A Civil War cannon belches flame and smoke Sunday at the West Aurora Cemetery during the 55th annual Memorial Day tribute to veterans.
Participants in the Montgomery VFW Post 7452 annual Memorial Day ceremony assume their places at the start of the remarks and placement of flowers.
