Walk N Wander Warsaw is the theme for the First Friday in downtown Warsaw on June 6. The event is from 5 to 9 p.m. Columbia Street Jazz Quartet will perform on the center stage and there will be a show at Indiana Antique Company at the corner of Buffalo and Market streets to celebrate the businesse’s third anniversary. Northern Indiana Lakes and Streams will have a display with art projects and the winners of their art contest on the courthouse lawn. Astound Dancers will perform at its booth on Buffalo Street at 7 p.m. There will be several local artists around the courthouse square showcasing their talents. Lee Ann Stewart Dancers will perform. Mayor Joe Thallemer at 5:30 p.m. at the Veteran’s Memorial will host the official unveiling of the statue “Unconditional Surrender,” which will mark the opening of the Walk N Wander Warsaw four-month outdoor downtown display of 16 Seward Johnson life-like bronze statues from June 6 to September 28. The Spirit of 45 will open its D-Day Memorial Service and World War II roll call at 5:45 p.m. The county’s World War II veterans have been invited to participate in the service in remembrance of the 70-year anniversary of D-Day. The Lakes Area Community Band will salute the vets with a musical tribute of patriotic songs at the end of the evening from 6:15 to 7 p.m. There will be food vendors in the plaza and downtown merchants will be open throughout the event.
