Memorial Day Events On Tap This WeekendSeveral towns and organizations have scheduled Memorial Day events this weekend.
Bourbon
Bourbon will have a Memorial Day service and dedication at the downtown Square Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Etna Green
Etna Green Memorial Day services will be at noon Sunday in East Cemetery.
All veterans and active service men and women are welcomed. Assemble at 11:30 a.m.
This is open to the public. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the service.
For more information, call R.B. Conley at 574-453-6658.
Leesburg
The Leesburg community will have a Memorial Day parade and service on Monday at 10:30 a.m.
There will be a flag-raising ceremony by the Boy Scouts before the parade at the town hall. The parade will proceed from the town hall south on Pearl Street then west on Prairie Street to Leesburg Cemetery. The memorial service will follow the parade.
All veterans willing to ride in the parade should be at the town hall by 10:15 a.m. and all other participants should be in place by 10:15 a.m. as well.
In case of rain, the memorial service will be held inside the Leesburg Lions building at 10:30 a.m.
For further information, call Craig Charlton at 574-527-0721, Sue Charlton at 574-453-0033 or Christina Archer at 574-453-4961.
Milford
The Milford Memorial Day parade will be Monday.
Line-up to begin at 9 a.m. and the parade starts at 10 a.m.
Mentone
The Lawrence D. Bell Aircraft Museum and the Mentone Chamber of Commerce will host the annual Memorial Day program at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Mentone Cemetery. This event is in remembrance of local community veterans who served the country.
Nappanee
The parade begins at 10:30 a.m., starting at Nappanee Elementary School (west on Centennial Street to Ind. 19, south on Ind. 19 to Lincoln Street, west on Lincoln Street to City Hall). The ceremony starts at 11 a.m. on the south lawn at City Hall.
North Webster
• Taps Across Webster Lake will be held at 6:15 p.m. Sunday at North Webster Town Park. A free community picnic and live patriotic music will follow.
• The American Legion’s honor guard will hold Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday at 8 a.m. at Oswego Cemetery; 8:30 a.m. at Thorn Cemetery; 9 a.m. at Salem Cemetery; 9:30 a.m. at Oak Grove Cemetery, 10 a.m. at Mock Cemetery; and 10:30 a.m. at Post 253.
• A parade will be held at 10:45 a.m. Monday with ceremony at North Webster Cemetery. A flag raising will be held at noon at the post.
Pierceton
A Memorial Day parade will be held Monday. It will start at 11 a.m. at the fire station and end at Brower Park. There will be a service afterward.
Silver Lake
A veterans ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. May 27 at Lakeview Cemetery in Silver Lake.
It is sponsored by the Silver Lake Lions Club.
Syracuse
A Memorial Day parade will be held at 1 p.m. Monday starting at Medusa Street and travel north on Ind. 13 turning onto Main Street and ending at Syracuse Cemetery.
Warsaw
The American Legion will hold a ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday at the preacher’s stand in Oakwood Cemetery.
Ken Locke, chair of the Honor and Remembrance Committee for Kosciusko County, will be the featured speaker.
