May 31, 2010
145th
Consecutive
Memorial
Day Parade
We need your convertibles for the
parade!
We need your Org. in this parade!
We need marching bands in this
parade!
All Hog members Welcome to ride
in the parade.
Support Our Troops-Remember those
who served!
WE NEED YOUR DONATIONS
ALL VETERANS MOTORCYCLE ORG'S ARE INVITED
Please email Bill Stys for Info
or Parade Donations
Chairman
Bill Stys
2010 Parade Marshal
FRED BRUSSARD
(Ex Prisoner Of War)
Saluting All
Soldiers - Sailors - Airmen - Marines"
Who have given their lives in Defense of our Freedom"
WE NEED
Veterans
Marching Units
- Bands - Color Guards
VFW - Legion - VVA - PVA - DAV
Patriot Guard Riders - American
Legion Riders
The Memorial Day Parade starts
at 2pm
The Parade begins at 4th
Wisconsin Ave. and winds down
the Avenue to Prospect Ave.-North
to Mason Street-East to Lake Drive
past the War Memorial and ends
at Veterans Park. As it makes it way in front
of the War Memorial, all Units
will be identified from the
Reviewing Stand. Following the
Parade their will be an
Honor Ceremony at the Reflecting
Pool.
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Contact: Bill Stys
General Memorial Day Committee
(414) 281-7789
FOR USE UPON RECEIPT-PRESS RELEASE
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE SET FOR MONDAY, MAY 31, 2010 DOWNTOWN
MILWAUKEE (April,
2010) - Milwaukee's 145th consecutive Memorial Day Parade
will
be held downtown on Monday, May 31st starting at 2 p.m.
This
year's Parade is in recognition of "Our Veterans Who Paid The Ultimate
Sacrifice For Our Freedom"
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.
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
www.war-veterans.org/Parade.htm
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