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2026 Memorial Day services across the Illinois Valley · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Twenty twenty six Memorial Day services across the Illinois Valley.
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  Written by Tom Collins. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Illinois Valley
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  residents may participate in one of the local Memorial Day
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  observances in honor of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
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  Enlisting's Monday refers to May twenty fifth. Buddha American Legion
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  Post two hundred and sixty one of Buddha will have
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  services at ten am Monday at the Hopeland Cemetery. Cole
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  Crownover will be the featured speaker. In case of rain,
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  the event will be moved to Buddha Community Hall, Arlington, Cherry, Dalzell,
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  Ladd Lumma, Wheel Seaton Vels. Harold E. Russell American Legion
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  Post number nine hundred and thirty eight in lad will
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  process at eight am Monday to Hollowayville United Church of
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  Christ Cemetery at eight forty five am, to Cherry Minor
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  Cemetery at nine twenty five am. To Calvary Cemetery in
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  Arlington at ten fifteen am. To Greenfield Cemetery in Lamoyl
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  at eleven fifteen am to Dalsl Memorial Park and at
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  noon to War Memorial Park in Ladd. In case of
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  inclement weather, some of the above services may be canceled.
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  The Cherry program would move to Holy Trinity Church Hall,
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  the War Memorial Park program would move to Ladd Community Center,
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  and the Greenfield Cemetery program will move to First Congregational Church,
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  Lamoyl Compton, West Brooklyn. The Compton West Brooklyn American Legion
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  Post six hundred and fifty seven will hold two Memorial
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  Day services on Monday May twenty fifth, twenty twenty six.
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  Services will be at ten am at Compton Malugians Grove
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  Cemetery with a flag burning ceremony afterwards. Services will then
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  be at eleven am at the West Brooklyn Cemetery. Dover, Malden, Princeton.
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  The local American Legion VFW and am VETZ will host
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  services at the following area cemeteries, beginning at eight am
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  Mon Oakland Cemetery, then Elm Lawn Cemetery, Prairie or Post
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  Cemetery in Dover and Maldon Cemetery. Parade participants will assemble
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  at ten am Princeton City Hall and proceed to a
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  ten forty five am program at Courthouse Square. Earlville American
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  Legion James H. Hamill Post five hundred and forty nine
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  will hold services at ten thirty am Monday in the
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  Junior High Gymnasium, Granville. Grandville American Legion Post one hundred
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  and eighty and Granville VFW Post eighty three hundred and
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  twenty four will conduct services at ten am Monday at
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  the Granville Cemetery. In case of rain, services will be
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  moved to Grandville. American Legion. Guest speaker will be the
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  Reverend Ron McNeil, retired pastor of the United Church of
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  Christ of Grandville. Any veterans wishing to take part will
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  meet at nine am at the Legion Post Hennepin. Hennepin
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  American Legion Post ten forty four will process at eight
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  thirty am to the Florid Cemetery, followed immediately by services
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  at the Union Grove Cemetery and eleven thirty am at
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  the Hennepin Riverside Cemetery. Grandville American Legion and VFW will
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  participate in the observances at Hennepin. All events are rain
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  or shine. Henry Henry American Legion Posts three hundred and
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  twenty three will conduct services at ten am Monday at
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  the river Front, followed by services at the City Cemetery
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  at eleven am. A flag dedication will be noon at
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  Stoner Park. All events are rain or shine. Veterans in
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  their families are invited to breakfast eight nine thirty am
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  at the Legion Post leysal Ogelsby Oglesby. American Legion Posts
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  two hundred and thirty seven will conduct Memorial Day services
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  at ten am Monday at Oglesby Memorial Park. Firing detail
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  will consist of LaSalle Oglesby Veterans Memorial Group and Post
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  two hundred thirty seven members. The public is invited bring
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  lawn chairs. The event is rain or shine. Magnolia Varna
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  McNab McNab Moignolia American Legion Post two hundred and fifty
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  four will process at eight am to Friends Cemetery and
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  at nine am to Magnolia Cemetery, then to Saint Paul's
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  Lutheran Cemetery in Varna. The event concludes with services at
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  eleven am at the War Memorial at Varna Grade School. Mendota,
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  the Mendoda Memorial Day program will be at ten thirty
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  am Monday, May twenty fifth at Wrstlands Cemetery Memorial Gardens, Mendota.
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  The Veterans Memorial Council, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
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  four thy seventy nine and its Auxiliary and American Legion
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  Post five hundred and forty will be participating. Bill Hunt,
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  Master of Ceremonies, will deliver the opening address. Jason Donoho,
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  a US Navy veteran, will deliver the invocation and benediction.
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  Mendota Alumni Band will perform the national Anthem and musical selections.
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  Guest speaker will be doctor Tracy Morris. President of Illinois
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  Valley Community College, Harold Olsen will recite the role Call
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  of Deceased Veterans since last Memorial Day Napont since at Sheffield.
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  Services will be at nineth thirty am Monday at the
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  Veterans Memorial in Nepon Set and at eleven am Monday
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  at Soldiers and Sailors Park in Sheffield, Ohio. The Village
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  of Ohio will hold a Memorial Day program at ten
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  am Monday at the Memorial Main Street. The event is
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  Rain or Shine Ottawa. Ottawa Memorial Day Ceremonies will be Monday,
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  May twenty fifth, events begin at eight thirty am with
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  a ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial Plaza. Parade assembly is
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  at the Fox River Bridge from eight thirty to nine
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  fifteen am. The Navy Mothers will sink a wreath there
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  at nine to twenty am with the assistance of Ottawa
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  River Rescue. The parade will progress from the Fox River
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  Bridge on Main Street at nine thirty am and end
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  at the War Memorial in Washington Park. The main program
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  will be at ten am in Washington Square. Mayor Rob
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  Hasty will be the guest speaker. The World War I
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  war Trophy, received from the government and dedicated in nineteen
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  twenty six, has been refurbished and will be rededicated this day.
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  After the complete of the ceremonies, The American Legion invites
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  fellow patriots to come enjoy a courtesy meal at Post
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  thirty three nine zero one LaSalle Street, hosted by Auxiliary
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  Unit thirty three John Prentis eight one five six seven
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  seven five eight nine zero LM. American Legion Post five
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  hundred and eleven will process to area cemeteries starting at
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  eight am and conclude with services at Wyomsing Cemetery at
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  eleven am Monday. Services are rain or shine. Peru Veterans
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  in Peru will hold services at eleven am Monday at
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  Veterans Park. In case of inclement weather, services will be canceled. Seneca,
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  Seneca American Legion KASAL Post four hundred and fifty seven
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  will hold services at eleven am Monday near the Memorial
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  Wall at the southeast corner of Maine and Scott Streets,
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  south of the library. A reception will be held in
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  the library Cultural Center following the closing comments. Limited seating
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  will be available for veterans. The general public is encouraged
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  to bring their own seating. Spring Valley services will be
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  at two pm Monday at Valley Memorial Park. In case
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  of rain, services will be moved into the Hall High
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  School Auditorium. American Legion VFW and Value Memorial Park are
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  sponsoring the event. Spring Valley Municipal Band will perform Tiskilwa.
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  Tiskilwa's annual Memorial Day ceremony will be held at eleven
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  am in East Park with Navy veteran Jennifer Fisher conducting
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  the community event. Deacon John Murphy, Air Force veteran, will
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  offer the opening prayer, followed by Tom Schrock, Army veteran
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  in nineteen seventy Tiskilwa High School graduate giving the keynote speech.
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  Jim Dunn, Bureau County History Center Board President, will speak
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  about Navy Lieutenant and future President John F. Kennedy and
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  his crew's wartime experience on p T one hundred and nine,
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  which included JFK's rescue of a Bureau County resident, Henry McMahon.
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  The occasion concludes with Tiskilwa veterans Dan Yepsen USN and
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  Jim Olsen USMC placing wreaths at the eighteen sixty six
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  Civil War Memorial and nineteen ninety two Monument. Following the observance,
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  the Society will host an open house with refreshments at
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  the Gallery on Galina former American Legion Hall. Visitors may
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  examine military artifacts and uniforms from past wars. Tunica Leonore Lostent,
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  Tnica American Legion Post two hundred and sixty will conduct
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  services at one pm Sunday at the cemetery east of
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  the Methodist Church. In case of inclement weather, services will
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  be moved into the church. Members will then conduct services
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  at eight thirty am Monday at Saint Peter and Paul Cemetery, Leonore,
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  followed by services at nine thirty am Monday near the
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  Lawston Park Shelter. The Leonore and Lawston services are rain
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  or shine. Utica Memorial Day services will be at nine
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  am Monday at Danny Carey Memorial Park, at ten am
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  at Utica Cemetery and at eleven am at Waltham Cemetery.
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  All events are rain or shine. Van Orn Memorial Day
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  Services will be at ten am on Monday inside Bosh
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  Chapel Van Orrin, led by Pastor Jeff Whalen. Guest speaker
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  will be Jill Hopper of Operation Babylift. Walnut Parade lineup
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  will be at ten thirty am Monday at the Veterans Memorial.
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  The parade will proceed to Walnut Cemetery, where Walnut American
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  Legion Post one point seventy nine will conduct a ceremony
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  at eleven am rain or shine. Cumberland Cemetery Association will
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  hold Memorial Day services at one thirty pm Monday at
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  the cemetery located in rural Magnolia, Winona, Yennet. VFW Post
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  six hundred and thirty four well conduct services at ten
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  am Monday at Forest Hills Cemetery,