Here’s a roundup of the Memorial Day observances in Western Racine County:
Burlington
The Burlington Memorial Day observance will be at Veterans Memorial Echo Lake Park at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 31. The ceremony will include the placing of a wreath in Echo Lake to honor those who lost their lives at sea and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Veterans Memorial in the park followed by a rifle salute. The veterans groups will then perform similar ceremonies at the city’s three cemeteries. There is no parade this year.
Rochester
The state’s oldest Memorial Day parade is set to step off at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 31, in the village’s downtown.
Following the parade, a Memorial Day observance will be held in Pioneer Park. The ceremony includes a wreath ceremony off the Fox River bridge.
Union Grove
On Sunday, May 30, members of Bixby-Hansen American Legion Post 171 will conduct visits to six local cemeteries for honor services. Participants should meet at the Legion Hall, 1027 New Street, at 7:45 a.m. The schedule is: 8:30 a.m. – Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery; 8:50 a.m. – Scotch Settlement Cemetery; 9:10 a.m. – Dover Catholic Cemetery; 9:30 a.m. – Yorkville Cemetery; 9:50 a.m. – Pilgrim and Trinity Lutheran Cemetery; 10:20 a.m. – Sylvania Cemetery; 11 a.m. – Union Grove Memorial Cemetery
The public is also invited to participate in a Memorial Day vehicle parade for residents of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove on Monday, May 31.
Interested participants are asked to meet from 1 to 1:45 p.m. in the parking lot of Yorkville United Methodist Church, 17645 Old Yorkville Road (63rd Drive just north of Highway 20), Yorkville. Participants are invited to decorate their vehicles with signs thanking the veterans and to wave flags out the windows.
The vehicles will leave the church parking lot at 2 p.m. If preferred, participants may gather in the parking lot of Cottage 16 on the grounds of Southern Wisconsin Center, 21425 Spring St., Union Grove. Fire engines from Kansasville Fire Department and other area departments will be lined up nearby. At 2:15 p.m. the parade will begin passing Boland Hall, Gates Hall and Fairchild Hall where residents will be outside or watching out the windows.
The parade will drive through the adjacent Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, which will be decorated with small flags on the graves and large flags lining the roadway. The parade will make a final pass through the Wisconsin Veterans Home to be sure that all the residents are able to watch.
Participants, besides local fire departments, will include the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, motorcycle clubs from Wisconsin and Illinois, vintage car owners and anyone who wants to honor the veterans.
Waterford
The American Legion Essman Schroeder Post 20 will hold services at 11 area cemeteries on Monday, May 31. The schedule is: 8 a.m., North Cape Cemetery; 8:20 a.m., Norway Cemetery; 8:40 a.m., St. Peters Cemetery; 9:45 a.m., St. Thomas Cemetery; 10:15 a.m., Oakwood Cemetery; 10:30 a.m., Caldwell Cemetery; 11 a.m., Honey Creek Bridge Ceremony; 11:15 a.m., Honey Creek Cemetery; 11:35 a.m., Rochester Cemetery; 12:50 pm, English Settlement Cemetery; 1:10 p.m., Rosewood Cemetery.
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