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While there isn’t a parade this year, South Milwaukee will still honor its fallen soldiers on Memorial Day.

The city’s Memorial Day ceremony is Monday morning, May 26, as attendees gather at the American Legion Hall Post #27 at 10:30 a.m. and walk to War Memorial park for a ceremony starting at 11.

The South Milwaukee High School and Municipal Bands will play, and there will be a memorial wreath laying and an award presented for South Milwaukee Veteran of the Year.

Learn more here … and please keep everyone who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country in your thoughts and prayers this Memorial Day (and every day).

The Legion hall is at 906 Monroe Ave. War Memorial Park is near 10th and Rawson Avenues. 

Just a reminder that South Milwaukee’s annual Memorial Day parade starts at 10 a.m. on Monday.

The route begins at Divine Mercy’s 13th Avenue parish (the old St. Mary’s) and continues south on 13th to Milwaukee Avenue, east to 10th Avenue, then north to Veterans Memorial Park, where a ceremony will be held.

The event is presented by the South Milwaukee Veterans Council, Inc., a corporation of the five chartered veteran units in South Milwaukee: the American Legion, American Veterans, Catholic War Veterans, Polish Legion of American Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Thanks to all of those groups for holding this special event, and thanks to all of our veterans (and active duty soldiers). Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers this weekend.

(One more note: I’ll be taking a few days off from blogging this Memorial Day weekend. Back on Monday!)