Remember the fallen through Memorial Day services
Published 7:00 am Saturday, May 27, 2023
- People gather last year for a Memorial Day service at the Veterans Memorial in downtown Austin. Herald file photo
This Monday, people from around the country and right here at home will be honoring our military’s fallen through several Memorial Day activities.
The following contains a confirmed listing of what area groups are doing for Memorial Day to honor those who gave their lives for this country.
Austin VFW Post 1216 and American Legion 91
8 a.m.: Veterans Memorial
9 a.m.: Oakwood Cemetery
10 a.m.: Mill Pond bridge
VFW/ DAV
10:30 a.m.: Calvary Cometary
11:15 a.m.: Lancing Cemetery
Noon: Midway
Legion
10:30 a.m.: Grandview Cemetery
11 a.m.: Enterprise Cometary
Hayfield Post 330
Cemetery visits (time approximates)
8:05 a.m.: Trinity Cemetery at Waltham
8:25 a.m.: St. Michael’s at Waltham
8:50 a.m.: Greenwood, south of Brownsdale on Highway 56
9:15 a.m.: Waltham, south of Waltham on Highway 56
9:35 a.m.: St. Johnson, south of Sargeant
10:10 a.m.: Evanger
10:25 a.m.: West St. Olaf
11:10 a.m.: Fairview,
Hayfield
11:30 a.m.: Memorial Day program in Hayfield at Veteran’s Memorial Park
In case of inclement weather, the program will be moved to the Hayfield High School Gym. A chicken dinner will be served at the Legion from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Lyle
9 a.m.: Cedar City Cemetery
9:30 a.m.: London Cemetery
10 a.m.: Deer Creek (Iowa) Cemetery
10:30 a.m.: Woodbury Cemetery
11 a.m.: Mona (Iowa) Cemetery
11:30 a.m.: Six Mile Grove Cemetery