Members of the New London AMVETS Honor Guard provided a salute during Memorial Day ceremonies Monday
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U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joseph Connelly spoke during New London's Memorial Day observance held May 28 at Taft Veteran's Park. Sgt. Connelly served in Nicaragua, Afghanistan and Iraq. He is now a physics teacher for the New London School District.
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Veterans in the audience salute as the flag at Taft Veteran's Park in New London is raised to half mast during singing of the National Anthem on Memorial Day
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Titus Bacon, 10, of New London, sits on a curb waving his flag as people drive past him before the start of Weyauwega’s Memorial Day parade.
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The Waupaca High School band performed patriotic music for Memorial Day observances in Waupaca.
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The Clintonville High School band, under the direction of Dan Schmidt, played numerous patriotic songs as they marched through the parade route on Memorial Day.
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A horse-drawn wagon carrying a casket symbolizing a fallen military hero appeared in the Clintonville Memorial Day Parade.
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Poppy Princess Leah Karlson made an appearance at the Clintonville Memorial Day Parade.
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This riderless horse was led through the parade route, commemorating military personnel who died while serving their country.
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The Weyauwega-Fremont High School Band plays a patriotic song in the Memorial Day parade in Fremont.
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Members of the American Legion and its Auxiliary march down Wolf River Drive in Fremont during the community’s Memorial Day parade.
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Powers Spees sounds Taps during Memorial Day observances in Iola.
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Chester Pedersen, Jim Jensen, Bob Korman, Gary Trzebiatowski, Don Todd and Jim Wasrud do a salute with guns.
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Liam Sidman throws a wreath into the water in remembrance of those lost a sea during war time.
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Ron Scott holds a flag in honor of all veterans. Scott served in Vietnam and was the recipient of a Purple Heart.
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Ryan and Nathan Barden wave flags in honor of Memorial Day in Iola
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Norman Johnson and Lucille Swenson look at the memorial for veterans in Iola.
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Flags line the memorial park in Iola in remembrance of lost soldiers.
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Iola-Scandinavia High School Chorus sings A Song for the Unsung Heroes during Memorial Day services Monday.
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Volunteers placed flags on each grave in the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
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Al Richards, chairman of the state Board of Veterans Affairs, gave the keynote address in King.
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Volunteers placed flags on each grave in the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
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Wisconsin Veterans Home Honor Guard members James Jolly, Glen Collins and Gary Mader fired volleys during the home’s waterfront service.
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Local veterans organizations and auxiliaries prepared wreaths that were placed in Rainbow Lake during a waterfront service in front of the Wisconsin Veterans Home in King.
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Honor guard during Memorial Day services in the Manawa area were Sgt. Major Harold Carey, of New Berlin, with the U.S. flag and Warrant Officer John Bekkers, of New London, with the VFW flag. Carey served in the military for 30 years, from 1976-1996, with four years active service including Desert Storm. Bekkers served in Vietnam from 1967-1968.
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Evelyn Fenske Lightfuss, 93, traveled from Denver, Col., to Symco to pay homage to the brothers she lost during wars. With the help of her cousin Matayah Pethke, she paused at the graveside of her brother, Marvin J. Fenske (1931-1952), who died in action during the Korean War. Private Fenske served with the U.S. Army’s Company F, 31st Infantry Reiment, 7th Division. Evelyn remembers when her father passing out when he heard his son had died. Evelyn’s other brother, Roger H. Fenske (1924-1942), is also buried at Union Cemetery. He went down with his ship, the USS Simms, during the Battle of Coral Sea during World War II.
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Five flags fly in the Royalton Cemetery as a memorial to the area men who died serving their country during the Civil War. The five soldiers and their date of death are: Bradford Phillips, Corinth, Miss., 1862; William H. Horsefield, New Orleans, La., 1865; David Blazier, Bowling Green, Mo., 1862; Abner Strowbridge, Cairo, Ill., 1865; and Albert Lythe, Sprinfgield, Mo, 1862.
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Major Bob Conroy, of Manawa, read the names of the veterans buried in the Royalton Cemetery, Union Cemetery and Little Wolf Cemetery.
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The Manawa area Memorial Day ceremonies were coordinated by Charles Vandenplas, adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 53 of Manawa.
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The Memorial Day parade in downtown Manawa included the Little Wolf High School band, Manawa Rural Fire Department, Manawa Police Department and members of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 53 and auxiliary.
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Waupaca County Veterans Service Officer Wayne Knutson delivered the keynote address during Memorial Day ceremonies in Waupaca.
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Local residents braved a light rain during Memorial Day observances Monday morning in Waupaca.
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Marisa Landsverk, who along with Ben Olsen, received the local VFW’s Citizenship Award, delivered Logan’s Orders.
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The Veterans of Foreign Wars’ rifle squad participated in the Memorial Day ceremony in Waupaca
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Marykay Hills drops a wreath into the Waupaca River during the Memorial Day ceremony at Rotary Riverview Park in downtown Waupaca.
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A stone message displayed in front of the stage at Waupaca’s Memorial Day ceremony.
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Mayson Hoepner, Brooke Hills and Eric Hills joined their family to commemorate the fallen soldiers during the Memorial Day ceremony in Rotary Riverview Park in Waupaca.
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Weyauwega-Fremont Boy Scouts marched in the Memorial Day parades in both Weyauwega and Fremont.
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Veterans head down the parade route on Memorial Day in Weyauwega.
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Andrea Lavernz, band director at Weyauwega-Fremont High School, sounds “Taps” during Weyauwega’s Memorial Day program at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Andrew Looker, a member of Weyauwega-Fremont Cub Scout Troop 3621, holds a flag during the Memorial Day program at Oakwood Cemetery in Weyauwega. Behind him is his father, Matt.
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Members of the New London High School Marching Band perform “Amazing Grace” during the city's Memorial Day observance.
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Brownie Troop 2515 member, Sawyer Klegg (at right) and Daisy Troop member Lexi Turner placed the wreath into the water at Taft Veteran's Park in New London on Memorial Day.
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