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For Immediate Release
May 11, 2015
WDVA to Host
Memorial Day Ceremonies
MADISON
– Wisconsin Department
of Veterans Affairs Secretary John A. Scocos today announced Memorial Day 2015
ceremonies at each of the state’s three veterans cemeteries.
“We gather this Memorial Day at our state’s veterans
cemeteries as we always do to recognize and honor those brave men and women who
gave their lives in service to their nation,” said Secretary Scocos. “Our
nation has sacrificed many of its best and brightest – Soldiers, Sailors,
Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsman – in answering our nation’s call to arms.
It is our privilege to pay them our respect this Memorial Day.
Southern Wisconsin
Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Southern Wisconsin
Veterans Memorial Cemetery (Union Grove) will hold a ceremony on Sunday, May 24
at 11:00 a.m. Governor Scott Walker is the invited keynote speaker. The
Commemorative Air Force will conduct a flyover during the ceremony, weather
permitting.
The event is held
outdoors and those attending are encouraged to dress accordingly. Seating under a tent will be available.
Attendees may also bring their own lawn chairs.
Parking is available on the cemetery grounds.
Gravesite flags will
be placed on veterans’ graves on Saturday, May 23, 2015 starting at 8:00 a.m.
by volunteers. Anyone wishing to assist is welcome to participate.
The cemetery is
located at 21731 Spring Street, Union Grove, adjacent to the Wisconsin Veterans
Home at Union Grove.
In addition to the
ceremony at Union Grove, the WDVA will host Memorial Day Ceremonies throughout
the state at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Center in Spooner at 1:00
p.m. on Saturday, May 23rd, and at the Central Wisconsin Veterans
Memorial Cemetery at King at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 25th.
For more information
about the Memorial Day Ceremony at Union Grove contact the SWVMC office at
(262) 878-5660.
Northern Wisconsin
Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Northern Wisconsin
Veterans Memorial Cemetery (Spooner) will hold a ceremony on Saturday, May 23
at 1:00 p.m. at which Wisconsin State Senator Janet Bewley will be the keynote
speaker. A vintage airplane flyover during the ceremony, weather permitting,
will take place.
Spooner area Boy
Scouts will place flags on veterans Graves Friday, May 22, 2015 starting at
4:30 p.m.
The event is held
outdoors and those attending are encouraged to dress accordingly. Seating under
a tent will be available. Attendees may also bring their own lawn chairs.
Parking is available on the cemetery grounds.
The cemetery is
located at N4063 Veterans Way just off Highway 53, three miles south of Spooner
WI.
In addition to the
ceremony at Spooner, the WDVA will host Memorial Day Ceremonies throughout the
state at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove at
11:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 24th, and at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery
at King at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 25th.
For more information
about the Memorial Day ceremony at Spooner, contact the NWVMC office at (715)
635-5360.
Central Wisconsin
Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Central Wisconsin
Veterans Memorial Cemetery and the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King will hold a
ceremony on Monday, May 25 at 9:30 a.m. with a waterside service led by the
Woman’s Relief Corp at the Marden Center followed by a ceremony at the cemetery
at 10:00 a.m. The Sons of the
Union Veterans of the Civil War will be performing a re-dedication of the
Central Wisconsin Veterans Cemetery in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the
end of the Civil War. Board of Veterans Affairs Chairman John Townsend will be
the keynote speaker.
Volunteers are needed
to help place over 6,500 flags on gravesites at the cemetery. Interested
parties may report to the cemetery at 6:00 a.m., Monday, May 26th. Staff will
be present to distribute flags and provide guidance for new volunteers.
Each year, the
cemetery and veterans home are fortunate to have many volunteers who generously
donate their time and resources, including: The Woman’s Relief Corp, Members of
the King Recreation Committee and numerous Veteran Service Organization
representatives.
For more information
regarding the Memorial Day ceremony or the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King,
please contact the Office of Member and Public Relations, (715) 258-4247.
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