2008 Events
Women
Veteran's Week
May
19-24, 2008
Branson,Missouri
Brenda Owen
Meadows
E-Mail:
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(417) 334-8991
(916) 307-8913
May
10-17 2008
MILWAUKEE
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
MAY
26, 2008
PARADE
AT 2PM
FITCH
PLAZA FOLLOWING THE PARADE
WAR
MEMORIAL CENTER
Wreath
Presentation
Brick
Ceremony
Pow-Mia
Ceremony
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MEMORIAL
DAY PARADE SET FOR MONDAY, MAY 26, 2008 DOWNTOWN
MILWAUKEE (April,
2008) - Milwaukee's 143rd consecutive Memorial Day Parade
will be held downtown
on Monday, May 26th starting at 2 p.m.
This year's Parade
is in recognition of All Veterans from All Wars
The Parade this
year is dedicated to Our Purple Heart recipients
This year's Parade
will feature about 100 parade elements, including color guards, bands,
marching units,
vehicles and numerous VIP dignitaries.
The Parade will
start at 4th Street and Wisconsin Avenue downtown, proceeding east on Wisconsin
Avenue
to the War Memorial
Center and ending at Veterans Park on the lakefront.
A Memorial Wreath-Laying
Ceremony sponsored by the Milwaukee Memorial Day Parade Committee,
will take place
at the War Memorial immediately following the Parade (at approximately
3:30pm).
This solemn but
colorful ceremony to honor the War Dead has been a Milwaukee tradition
since 1886.
It will be held
at the Reflecting Pool on Fitch Plaza, which is on the 2nd (bridge) level
of the War Memorial.
There will also
be a POW-MIA ceremony & Purple Heart Memorial dedication.
The Metropolitan
Community Band will perform after the ceremonies.
The Memorial Day
Parade is presented by the Volunteer General Memorial Day Committee,
and depends entirely
on private contributions, that can be sent to the (General Memorial Day
Committee)
War Memorial Center,
750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee WI. 53202.
Thank you for
joining us in keeping this tradition alive.
The public is
invited & encouraged to attend the Parade & the ceremonies that
follow.
Milwaukee
Memorial Day Parade Site
http:ww.war-veterans.org/Parade.htm
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1st ever
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"POW-MIA
Balloon Launch"
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1st Annual
"National
Moment of Remembrance Ride"
Motorcycle
Ride
Riders
meet at the Bunker
Free
registration 9-10am
Riders
leave Bunker at 10:15am
"Proud to Be a Woman
and an American Veteran"
Reclaiming
Our Heritage Site
Annual Event at Milwaukee VA Will Pay Tribute to Women Vets
MILWAUKEE — Event organizers have announced the honored group of veterans
for the seventh annual
Reclaiming Our Heritage event at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical
Center, Milwaukee: our nation’s women veterans
and those in active duty. The 2008 event will take place on May 31
and June 1 with the annual Civil War School Day on May 30.
Betty Mosely Brown, associate director of the Center for Women Veterans,
will be among the guest speakers that weekend.
Women veterans will be featured in the Positively Patriotic Parade
on Saturday, May 31. They will also receive a hand-crafted
ornament with the phrase "Proud to Be a Woman and an American Veteran."
Reclaiming Our Heritage provides veteran benefit information for all
veterans, but this year a special area will be devoted to
women’s health information and support services. Special exhibits will
follow "Women Veterans Through History."
Other weekend activities will include:
• New! Timeline of American Fire Power, a multi-era demonstration,
all day Saturday
• New! Multi-Era Dance on Saturday evening
• New! Civil War Battle of Belmont on Sunday—the first time the Navy
will come into action at Reclaiming Our Heritage
• Popular Cemetery-by-Lantern Tours of Wood National Cemetery
• VA Chaplain’s Field Mass (10:30 a.m.) and Reenactor Worship Service
(9:00 a.m.) Sunday
• Tours of historic district and select historic buildings
A free-admission, family-friendly patriotic celebration, Reclaiming
Our Heritage is hosted by the staff of the
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center at 5000 W. National Ave., Milwaukee,
and sponsored by the
Soldiers Home Foundation. For schedules, event news and driving directions,
visit www.rohmilwaukee.org or call (414) 902-5599.
3rd
of July 2008
For
more Info visit
WAR
MEMORIAL CENTER
Reserve
your table
LAKEFRONT FIREWORKS
NITE
BEER-SODA-FOOD
Best Fireworks
Viewing Location
Tickets
on Sale
May
19,2008
414-273-5533
VETERANS DAY
STATE FAIR PARK
AUGUST 2008
Fishing
with the Vets website
FIREBASE KOKOMO
(the mini reunion)
Friday, Saturday and
Sunday
June 6, 7, 8,
2008
THE 26TH ANNUAL
KOKOMO
VIETNAM VETERANS REUNION
Friday, Saturday and
Sunday
September 19,
20, 21, 20008
Americanism
Awards Breakfast 2008
HOSTED BY THE
VETERANS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
VETERANS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
750 N. Lincoln
Memorial Drive
Milwaukee, WI
53202
(414) 273-5533
Sunday, October
, 2008 9:15 A.M.
War Memorial
Center, Memorial Hall
All Vet's Org's
can present Awatds to their own Honoree's
Its a great event
and only $10 per person
Tickets
$10.00 each - by reservation only
Please Note:
We cannot accept “walk-ins” on October .
Make checks payable
to: Veterans Board of Directors and send
with names of
persons at your table.
We can seat up
to eight (8) per table.
Note: If your
organization will present an award, please notify Ron Laux at
(414) 464-1386
or Paul Bialk at (414) 425-1619.
Please, no more
than two (2) awards per Organization. Thank You!!!
RIGHT CLICK AND
SAVE AND PRINT OUT FORM
TICKETS $10.00
Seating will
be 8 to a table.$80.00
Seating must
be reserved in advance.
Ron Laux
EMAIL RON FOR
TICKETS AND INFO
Your Vets Org.
can present Awards at this event.
2 Awards per
Org.
Cutoff date is
Oct. 2008
45th Annual Milwaukee
Veterans Day Parade
and Day of Honor
Saturday, November
8, 2008 11am
Special Guests of Honor:
The United States Army,
Army Reserve and
Wisconsin National Guard
Veterans
Day Banquet
November
11, 2008
War
Memorial Center
Sponsored
by the Marine Corps League
All
Vets & Military Welcome
(414) 273-5533
Fallen
Warriors Project
Four Lakes Detachment of the Marine
Corps League in Madison, WI.
Help them by purchasing one for
your organization.
Each Org. can honor their hometown
area Fallen Hero's by displaying this
Tribute and placing their names
on a Special brass plate that come with the Statuette.
This tribute is available for any
State.
Honor Family members from all Wars
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