May 24, 2017 at 4:43 p.m.
Memorial Day ceremonies to be held across the Northwoods
Memorial Day ceremonies to be held across the Northwoods
Ceremonies will be held Monday morning at four cemeteries:
- 8 a.m., VFW Honor Guard at Newbold Cemetery.
- 8:30 a.m., AmVets/American Legion Honor Guard at Northland Memorial Park.
- 9 a.m., VFW Honor Guard at Forest Home Cemetery.
- 9:30 a.m., AmVets/American Legion Honor Guard at Nativity of Our Lord Cemetery.
Later in the day, beginning at 11 a.m., the John and Dori Brown Performing Arts Center (formerly the Rhinelander High School Auditorium) will host a more extensive ceremony.
The ceremony will open with the VFW/AmVets Honor Guard Posting the Colors, the RHS Show Choir performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" and the pledge of allegiance, organizers said in a press release. After an invocation by Paster Ken White, the RHS Band will perform "Eternal Father." Emcee Tammy Walters, Oneida County Veterans Service Officer, will then make opening remarks. There will be several other speakers and performances.
Guest speaker Ken Grant serves as division administrator of the Division of Veterans Services. He oversees the division's services which include the Milwaukee Claims Office, State Approving Agency, Outreach Section and the Veterans Homeless Program.
Grant is a retired Army veteran who enlisted as a private and retired as a lieutenant colonel with 25 years of military service. His service includes serving as a helicopter crew chief on Huey Helicopters, various infantry, ordinance, recruiting and personnel leadership assignments in Europe and while serving with the Wisconsin Army National Guard. He is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and numerous other military management and leadership schools.
Other Memorial Day services across the Northwoods:
Friday, May 26
8 a.m.
• Minocqua: Lakeland VFW Post 7898 will hold a Poppy Drive at Trig's and lefthand-side door by food department at Walmart from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Woodruff/Arbor Vitae: Colin F. Schultz, American Legion Post 318 and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 318 of Lake Tomahawk will distribute poppies at Ace Hardware in Woodruff and Brandy Lake BP in Arbor Vitae throughout the day.
Saturday, May 27
• Woodruff/Arbor Vitae: Colin F. Schultz, American Legion Post 318 and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 318 of Lake Tomahawk will distribute poppies at Ace Hardware in Woodruff and Brandy Lake BP in Arbor Vitae throughout the day.
11:30 a.m.
• Harshaw: Ceremony on Saturday, May 27, at Union Grove Cemetery's Veteran Memorial on Lakewood Rd. at 11:30 a.m. Lunch served following at Town Hall.
Sunday, May 28
• St. Germain: Ceremony at St. Germain Veterans Memorial Wall at 1 p.m.
Monday, May 29
8 a.m.
• Arbor Vitae: Ceremony at 7:45 a.m. conducted by Vietnam vets at the C.W. Caywood shooting range, which was established by the local chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America.
• Minocqua: The Madsen-Empey American Legion post will conduct a Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Park in downtown Minocqua at 10 a.m., Blue Lake Cemetery at 11 a.m., the cemetery on Furman Road at 11:30 a.m. and Hazelhurst's Lakeside Ceremony at noon.
• Woodruff: Lakeland VFW Post 7898 procession will begin at Forest Cemetery at 8 a.m., continue to South Farming Road at 9 a.m. and meet at Evergreen Cemetery at 10 a.m.
• Three Lakes: Memorial Service at Three Lakes Cemetery. Procession to cemetery begins at 10 a.m., with program at 10:15 a.m. Rain location would be at 10 a.m. at the Three Lakes School auditorium. Info: 715-546-3431.
• Boulder Junction: Service conducted by American Legion Post 451. Held at Veterans Memorial Triangle, downtown, at 11 a.m., then moved to Boulder Pines Cemetery, west on Hwy. K.
• Eagle River: Ceremony at 11 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park in front of Vilas County Courthouse. Participants asked to gather at 10:45 a.m. In case of rain, program will be held at Northland Pines High School.
• Lake Tomahawk: Ceremony conducted by American Legion Post 318 at Wilderness Rest Cemetery on Hwy. 47 at 11 a.m. Please bring lunches.
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