By Bob Bong
Desplaines Valley News
Argo-Summit American Legion Post 735 will conduct a Memorial Day service at 9 a.m. Monday at the Justice Veterans Memorial at Commissioners Park at 7701 Oak Grove Ave.
Post and Auxiliary members will then head to Summit Park at
5700 S. Archer Road for a service at 10 a.m. near the Summit Police Station at
5810 S. Archer Road.
There will also be a service at 11 a.m. at the post, 6050 S.
Harlem Ave. Doughnuts and coffee will be served afterward.
Post 735 and Auxiliary members also will be distributing
poppies in the Argo-Summit area from today through Sunday.
"The
idea of the poppy as a memorial flower to those who died in WWI arose as
naturally as did the little wild red flowers that grew in the fields of France
and Flanders, one bit of beauty that survived the awful destruction of war. The
poppy came to be seen by soldiers as the living symbol of the sacrifices made
by those soldiers who had died in the war," explained Auxiliary member Judith
G. Pollick.
"Donations
will be used for veterans hospitalized or in nursing homes," Pollick said.
For more information, call the post at 708-458-0735.
Robert E. Coulter Jr. American Legion Post 1941 in LaGrange
will conduct services on Monday in Indian Head Park, Countryside, Hodgkins,
LaGrange and LaGrange Park.
The day begins with a memorial ceremony at Lyons Township
High School North Campus at 8:30 a.m. There will be
a ceremonial bell ringing honoring area residents who gave their
lives in service to our country from the Civil War to the present time.
Following this service, there will brief memorial
services at the following locations (times approximate):
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The final ceremony will be at
the American Legion Post Home located at 900 S. LaGrange Road at
approximately noon. There will be a guest speaker from the Illinois Army National
Guard.
Coulter Post members will be
remembered at that time.
Refreshments will be served
immediately following this service.
All ceremonies are open
to the public.
For more information, call
708-354-3300.
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Lyons Mayor Christopher Getty and other village officials
will join Emil Sheive American Legion Post 699 at the
annual Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. in front of the Eternal
Flame Memorial Site, 7826 Ogden Ave. in Lyons.
"Once a year, we pause to remember those who have given
their lives in conflict and those who have served to defend this great country.
I'm proud to be able to participate in that commemoration of the service and
the sacrifices of our veterans this Memorial Day," Getty said.
"While it is just one day, and one weekend, it's one of
the most important commemoration we can make. I hope the public will join us
this holiday weekend to remember the great sacrifices and the courage that so
many in our country have shown to defend this nation."
The Memorial Day commemoration ceremony is a valued
tradition in Lyons, Getty added.
"Everyone is welcome to attend," he said.
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