Bixby-Hanson American Legion Post 171 has announced its Memorial Day program.
• On Saturday, May 25, the Post will place flags on graves of eight local cemeteries, including the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
• On Sunday, May 26, the Post conducts its annual memorial pilgrimage to perform Memorial Day services at several local cemeteries beginning at 8:30 a.m.
A brief ceremony is conducted at a veteran’s grave at each cemetery, including taps. The public is invited.
The schedule is: 8:30 a.m., Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery, 108th Street in Raymond; 8:50 a.m., Scotch Settlement Cemetery, Raynor Avenue in Dover; 9:10 a.m., St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Dover; 9:30 a.m., Pilgrim Cemetery and Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, 51st Street in Raymond; 10 a.m., Yorkville Cemetery, Old Yorkville Road in Yorkville; 10:20 a.m., Sylvania Cemetery, East Frontage Road in Yorkville; 11 a.m., participating in annual services at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery outside of Union Grove.
• On Monday, May 27, the annual Memorial Day service and procession in Union Grove starts in American Legion Park, just south of the high school, at Main Street and 7th Avenue. Please bring lawn chairs.
The program includes a dedication to Sgt. Jason Wildfong, a Union Grove veteran killed in Kuwait in 2001, followed by a procession by Bixby-Hansen American Legion Post 171 members (walking or driving) down Main Street to Union Grove Cemetery.
Honors will be conducted for recently deceased veterans.
Also, a tree will be planted in honor of Ruby Alswager, American Legion Auxiliary member and member of the Union Grove Memorial Association Board of Directors for more than 30 years. Alswager died in January 2013.
The Auxiliary will present awards for the poppy poster and essay contest winners. The Union Grove High School band will perform.
Following the program, a procession to the Union Grove Cemetery will conclude with a salute by the Post Honor Guard.
A Post family picnic then follows at the Miller-Reesman Funeral Home.
Post 171 invites everyone to attend and participate in the weekend events.
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