WDVA Secretary Mary Kolar invites Wisconsin veterans, family, and friends to join the WDVA and Governor Tony Evers to honor the fallen by participating in Memorial Day 2020: Wisconsin’s Virtual Commemoration, a state-wide Memorial Day observance.
The Commemoration includes a virtual ceremony, educational and other resources to help families and individuals engage at home, and tools to encourage public participation and social media interaction. The Commemoration will culminate on Monday, May 25, 2020 with a virtual Memorial Day ceremony at 9:00 a.m. followed by the observance of the National Moment of Remembrance at 3:00 p.m...Read more »
Editorial by Mary Kolar, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
Memorial Day is dedicated to remembering those who lost their lives while serving in the U.S. military. Every citizen across this nation owes a debt to those who, in President Lincoln’s words, “gave their last full measure of devotion,” and taking a single day to pause and reflect on the long list of names of those honored dead is the least we can do.
Here in Wisconsin, that list of names stretches back well over 150 years, and includes thousands of Wisconsinites from every generation and every conflict...Read more »
NOTE: A photo gallery that coincides with the editorial can be viewed here.
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