AREA MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES
UNION GROVE CEMETERY, HARSHAW •Saturday, May 25 – Annual Veterans Day ceremony 11:30 a.m., 4521 Lakewood Rd., Harshaw, at the Veterans Monument in Union Grove Cemetery. Past Veterans and Military will be honored. All are welcome. For the ceremony itself, bring a chair. A free luncheon will be held at the Cassian Town Hall following the ceremony. Wheelchair accessible restroom on site. For ceremony information, contact Rick at 715-612-0332. The “Einar H. Ingman Jr. Veterans Memorial Motorcycle Honor Procession” will leave American Legion Post 93, 327 W. Wisconsin Ave., Tomahawk, organizing at 9:15 a.m. and departing for Union Grove Cemetery at 10:25 a.m. All are welcome to rid. Contact Nick at 715- 574-2060 for honor procession information. Check out the website at www.veteransceremony.org. TOMAHAWK AREA CEREMONIES •Thursday, May 23 – Red, White and Blue Day, 2 p.m., Tomahawk Elementary School Gym. Refreshments will be served prior to the event in the cafeteria. The Tomahawk Area Veterans Honor Guard will advance/recover the Colors and the program will involve K-4 school students in music and song. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served prior to the event in the school cafeteria. •Saturday, May 25 – Tomahawk Area Veterans Honor Guard Veterans Memorial Ceremony, 9 a.m., Prairie Rapids Cemetery, Prairie Rapids Road, Town of Nokomis. •Saturday, May 25 – Einar Ingman Veterans Memorial Motorcycle Honor Procession gathers at American Legion Post 93, downtown Tomahawk, beginning at 9:15 a.m., and departs at 10:25 a.m., arriving at Union Grove Cemetery, Lakewood Rd., Harshaw. Free lunch at Cassian Town Hall following ceremony. •Monday, May 27 – Tomahawk Area Veterans Honor Guard Memorial Day Ceremony, 10 a.m., Veterans’ Memorial Park, Tomahawk. •Monday, May 27 – Oak Hill Cemetery, Town of Skanawan, 11:30 a.m. Music by Dave Fox and Friends. Please bring a lawn chair. •Monday, May 27 – Tomahawk Area Veterans Honor Guard Memorial Day Ceremony, 10:45 a.m., Greenwood Cemetery, Tomahawk. •Monday, May 27 – Tomahawk Area Veterans Honor Guard Memorial Day Ceremony, 11:15 a.m., Calvary Cemetery, Tomahawk. •Monday, May 27 – Tomahawk Area Veterans Honor Guard Memorial Day Ceremony, 11:45 a.m., Oak Hill Cemetery, Town of Skanawan. All times are approximate and are subject to change. For more information, call Bill Burcalow at 715-612-7118 or Gerry Johnson at 715-453-7081. Placement of flags: Tomahawk Honor Guard placed flags in the flag holders of veterans’ graves at St. Augustine, Oak Hill, Greenwood, Calvary, Somo, Union Congregational and Prairie Rapids cemeteries May 18 and will remove them a week later. Relatives and friends of veterans who are buried in these cemeteries are asked to determine whether or not a veteran’s grave is marked with a flag. If a grave is not marked, they are asked to stop at the Lincoln County Veterans Service Office, 801 N. Sales St., Room 146, Merrill, during normal business hours to pick up a flag. After hours and on weekends, contact the following for assistance in obtaining a marker for a veteran’s grave: Greenwood Cemetery, Bill Burcalow, 715-612-7118 Calvary Cemetery, Gerry Johnson, 715-453-7081 Oak Hill Cemetery, Mary Ingman, 715-453-2870 St. Augustine Cemetery, Kevin Haring, 715-218-2138 Prairie Rapids Cemetery, Cliff Eggett, 715-453-5217 Somo Cemetery, Bill Burcalow, 715-612-7118 Union Congregational, Bill Burcalow, 715-612-7118 MERRILL AREA CEREMONIES •Monday May 27– Memorial Day service at the Merrill High School auditorium, 1201 N. Sales St., Merrill, at 11 a.m. The Merrill City Band will start playing at 10:30 a.m. The event is sponsored by VFW Post 1638 and Auxiliary, and is open to the public. Veterans Post and Boy/Girl Scouts are asked to arrive by 10 a.m. for a walkthrough and coordination. Point of contact is John Rathke, VFW Post 1638 commander, 715-218-0440. Placement of flags: Volunteers from the area are placing Memorial Day flags at the graves of veterans on record with the Lincoln County Veterans Service Office. This takes place approximately one week before and then they will be removed approximately one week after Memorial Day, May 27, 2019. Unfortunately, there is difficulty in locating some of the graves. Relatives and friends of veterans buried in local cemeteries are asked to determine whether or not the graves are marked with a flag and flag holder. If a grave is not marked, they are asked to stop at the Lincoln County Veterans Service Office, 801 N. Sales St., Room 146, Merrill, to pick up a flag. Call 715-539-0183 for more information. RHINELANDER CEREMONY •Monday May 27 – Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. in the John and Dori Brown Performing Arts Center (formerly the Rhinelander High School auditorium), 665 Coolidge Ave., Rhinelander. Guest speaker will be Rep. Rob Swearingen, and the master of ceremonies will be local attorney and Navy veteran, Brian Bennett. The schedule includes: Post of Colors by the VFW Honor Guard; “The Star Spangled Banner,” performed by Rhinelander High School Show Choir; Pledge of Allegiance; invocation by Pastor Ken White; “Eternal Father,” performed by RHS band; opening remarks by Brian Bennett; remarks by Rhinelander Mayor Chris Frederickson and Oneida County Board Chair Dave Hintz; guest speaker – Rep. Rob Swearingen; scholarship award presentation; “Gettysburg Address,” read by Emma Wendt, 2019 Veterans Council scholarship winner; “Armed Forces – The Pride of America,” performed by RHS Band and Show Choir; The last roll call of Oneida County veterans who died between May 1, 2018, and May 1, 2019; “In Flanders Fields,” read by Claire Bowman, 2019 Veterans Council scholarship winner; “In Flanders Fields,” performed by RHS Show Choir; “An American Fanfare,” performed by RHS band; benediction by Pastor Ken White; three volley salute by VWF/AmVets Honor Guard; history of Taps; “Taps,” performed by RHS Band; retired the colors. RHINELANDER 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 a.m. – AmVets/American LegionRHINELANDER 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 a.m. – AmVets/American Legion Honor Guard at Nativity of Our Lord Cemetery VFW POST 10203-HAMBURG, WI VETERANS MEMORIAL DAY CEMETERY CEREMONIES •9 a.m. – Salem, Town of Hamburg, County Road A and S. •9:14 a.m. – St. Paul’s, Town of Hamburg, County Road F. •9:23 a.m. – St. John’s, Town of Hamburg, County Road F and 5th Lane. •9:32 a.m. – Fromm’s, Town of Hamburg, County Road F and 3rd Lane. •9:45 a.m. – St. Peter’s, Little Chicago, County Road A. •10:10 a.m. – Berlin Friedenshiem, County Road A and Valley Lane. •10:24 a.m. – Rib View, Town of Stettin, County Road O and Woodland Drive. •10:31 a.m. – Big Hill/Stubbe Hill, County Road A and Bill Hill Lane. •10:45 a.m. – Taegesville, Berlin, N. 72nd Ave. •10:58 a.m. – Maple Grove, Naugart Drive. •11:14 a.m. – St. Paul’s Naugart, Town of Berlin, Berlin Lane. •11:29 a.m. – Trinity, Town of Berlin, County Road FF and 107. •11:44 a.m. – St. Paul’s, Hwy. 64 and 107, corner of Farmingdale Road, Town of Corning. •11:58 a.m. – Immanuel, Town of Corning, Leafy Grove Road and County Road M. Any questions regarding the VFW Post 10203-Hamburg schedule, call Commander Don Kozlowski at 715-573- 3208. The public is encouraged to attend. PRICE COUNTY • MONDAY, MAY 27, 2019 American Legion Post 452 of Spirit will perform military honors at the following cemeteries on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27: Brantwood Cemeteries 8:30 a.m. – Knox Cemetery on Highway D 8:45 a.m. – St. Mary’s 9 a.m. – Clifford Cemetery 9:15 a.m. – Finlander Cemetery Ogema Cemeteries 9 a.m. – Levitt Creek 10 a.m. – Garden of Memory 11 a.m. – Hillside Spirit Cemetery 2 p.m. – Hillcrest Beginning at 11:30 a.m., in the basement of the Spirit Town Hall, there will be a potluck luncheon sponsored by the Post Auxiliary. Following the luncheon, there will be the annual Memorial Day program, starting at 1 p.m.
Start date: 2019-05-23 End date: 2019-05-27
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