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2nd Annual Memorial Day Vehicle Parade
May 31, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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UNION GROVE & THE SECOND ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY VEHICLE PARADE to honor the residents of Wisconsin Veterans Home Union Grove will be held Monday, May 31. Interested participants are asked to meet from 1 to 1:45 p.m. in the parking lot of Yorkville United Methodist Church, 17645 Old Yorkville Road (63rd Drive just north of Highway 20), Yorkville. Participants are invited to decorate their vehicles with signs thanking the veterans and to wave flags out the windows.
The vehicles will leave the church parking lot at 2 p.m. If preferred, participants may gather in the parking lot of Cottage 16 on the grounds of Southern Wisconsin Center, 21425 Spring St., Union Grove. Fire engines from Kansasville Fire Department and other area departments will be lined up nearby. At 2:15 pm the parade will begin passing Boland Hall, Gates Hall and Fairchild Hall where residents will be outside or watching out the windows.
The parade will drive through the adjacent Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery which will be decorated with small flags on the graves and large flags lining the roadway. The parade will make a final pass through the Wisconsin Veterans Home to be sure that all the residents are able to watch.
Participants, besides local fire departments, will be the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, motorcycle clubs from Wisconsin and Illinois, vintage car owners and anyone who wants to honor the veterans. For more information, contact organizer David Bart at 847-691-3901.