2021 Memorial Day
Memorial day activities:
Fargo VFW, American Legion
0830hrs Holy Cross Cemetery
1030hrs Riverside cemetery
1100hrs ceremony (riverside)
1200hrs Sunset memorial gardens
1300hrs Lindewood 164 th INF and Submariners
monuments.
AMVETS
0730 Fargo North side Jewish cemetery
0800 North Holy Cross Fargo cemetery
1100 Riverside South Fargo Cemetery
1230hrs Sunset Cemetery
West Fargo 10:45 VFW/AL/AMVETS
Harwood AL
Program at 10am
Moorhead AL and Dilworth VFW
7:00 Ceremony on Veterans memorial bridge.
8:45 Moorhead Memorial gardens
9:15 Sabin (Elmwood cemetery)
9:30 Sabin (Trinity cemetery)
10:00 Evergreens South Moorhead
10:15 Prairie Home cemetery
10:30 St. Josephs cemetery
10:40 Riverside North Moorhead cemetery
11:00 Ceremony at National Guard Armory
**These times are approximate so it is recommended
that you should be there 10-15 minutes early
Cemetery ceremonies will include: Prayer, Rifle, Salute, and Taps
Lisbon parade begins at RiverSide Building 10 a.m.
Fort Ransom Community Hall Service begins at 10:30 AM with lunch to follow
McLeod 10 AM Nodrmanna Cemetery 11 Am Freeman Cemetery. Free will dinner at VFW Hall
Valley City
Military Honors
9:00am Hillside Cemetery
9:15am St Catherine’s Cemetery
9:45am Oriska Cemetery
10:00am St Bernards Cemetery
10:20am Memory Gardens Cemetery
10:50am Woodbine Cemetery
11:15am Valley City Eagles Club (Riverside)
After rendering Military Honors performances consisting of Patriotic Music will be conducted at 11:25am by the Valley City High/Junior School Band. Attendees are then invited inside the Valley City Eagles Club for a performance by the Troubadours starting at 12:00pm. Lunch will be served starting at 12:15pm in the Eagles Club.
Alice 11 a.m services at Alice Community Cemetery. Lunch at Fire Hall following.
Arthur 9:00am Service at Cemetery. Program and small breakfast at Community Hall following
Buffalo & Tower City
9am salute to Veterans at Greenwood Cemetery Tower City
10am Buffalo cemetery
11AM Buffalo Community center program
12noon Lunch at Buffalo Community Center
Casselton Cemetery 9 a.m. Reading of the Roll. 9:30 a.m. parade at Vets Club to cemetery 10AM speaker Bruce Newland. Lunch following at Vets Club
Chaffee 9:AM Zion 9:30 Watson Cemetery speaker is Lay Pastor Loy Ham 10Am Zion Cemetery
Hope 10 AM service at Hope American Legion guest speaker Steve Anderson. Potluck follows at Hope American Legion
Hunter 10:30 a.m. program at Presbyterian Church followed by service at cemetery and potluck at church.
Kindred services at 11 different locations beginning at 8:05 AM Perhus wrapping up at Kindred 12noon.
Leonard 9:30 Helendale Cemetery Pastor Sam Propsom guest speaker. 10 AM Canan Moravian Church 11AM Leonard Cemetery with lunch following at Leonard Community Center.
Page 10:AM Page School Gym. Dinner at Page school following program at cemetery
Walcott Christine Services on the half hour beginning at 8:30 AM Hemmes 8:45 Pioneer 9AM Eagle 9:15 Christine 9:30 Lium 10AM South Pleasant 10:30 Walcott
Grand Forks Area courtesy of GFHerald
Grand Forks: American Legion Post 6 will conduct ceremonies at 9 a.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery North, east of the fountain. The cemetery is east of Columbia Road, between 10th Avenue North and Gateway Drive.
East Grand Forks: 11 a.m. ceremony at Resurrection Cemetery; the event will feature a reading of the names of veteran members who died in the past year and rifle firing by the honor guard of American Legion Post 157 and VFW Post 3817.
Crookston: Crookston Veterans Council will conduct a traditional ceremony and program at 10 a.m. at Oakdale Cemetery. The event will take place, rain or shine.
Polk County: Ceremonies arranged by the VFW, to include an honor guard and prayer, are planned at these cemeteries: 8:30 a.m. at Bethany South and 8:45 a.m. at Bethany North; 9 a.m. at Czech National at Tabor; 9:15 a.m. at Holy Trinity Presbyterian at Tabor; 9:25 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church at Tabor; 9:50 a.m. at Nesbit Cemetery; and 10:20 a.m. at Rest Haven Cemetery.
Aneta: Ceremonies begin at 11 a.m., City Auditorium. The guest speaker is Sgt. 1C Chris Coombs, North Dakota Army National Guard. Following the program, a ham and scalloped potato dinner will be served by the cemetery auxiliary.
Devils Lake: A program will be held at 11 a.m. at the Devils Lake Cemetery, including the placing of memorial wreaths. The VFW Post 756 and its auxiliary, as well as the local American Legion, are sponsoring the event, which includes the VFW Honor Guard, a rifle salute and Taps.
Grafton: Ceremonies begin at at Oakwood Cemetery at 7:45 a.m.; St. John’s Catholic Church Cemetery, 8:30 a.m.; Grafton City Cemetery, 9 a.m.; Grafton Lutheran Cemetery, 9:20 a.m.; Leistikow Park, 9:45 a.m.; Walsh County Courthouse, 10 a.m. A program at 11 a.m. will be followed with lunch served by American Legion Post 41 Auxiliary at Frosty Fox Restaurant; the program will be broadcast by KXPO Radio.
Lakota: A program will be held at 11 a.m. at the Lakota Community Center, sponsored by the Rundell Holicky American Legion Post 21. A memorial service will be held at the Lakota Cemetery immediately following the program. Memorial services will be held at various cemeteries in the area that morning. The American Legion Auxiliary will serve a ham and scalloped potato dinner at noon at the Lakota Legion Club.
McVille: A program starts at 11 a.m. at McVille Lutheran Church, arranged by McVille American Legion Ole Semling Post 135. Memorial services will be held at various cemeteries in the area that morning. Following the program, the American Legion Auxiliary will serve a ham and scalloped potato dinner.
Michigan: Services will be conducted by W.L. Cowper American Legion Post 238 at area cemeteries in the morning, with a final service at 11:45 at the Michigan cemetery. A Memorial Day program at the Michigan Civic Center will follow.
Northwood: A program will be presented by American Legion Post 92 at 10:30 a.m. at Northwood City Cemetery, featuring speakers, music, a floral presentation and rifle salute. After the program the American Legion Post 92 Auxiliary will serve a meal at the Northwood Community Center; takeout meals also will be available.
Roseau: There will be an 8:30 a.m. Memorial Day radio message on Wild 102.1; a 9 a.m. parade starts at the Fire Hall and continues to Center Street Bridge, where the program will include a tribute to those military servicemen who lost their lives at sea, a performance of the national anthem, and the Roll Call of Honor, a recitation of the names of veterans who have died in the past year.
Thief River Falls: A program, beginning at 10:30 a.m., Greenwood Cemetery, is sponsored by American Legion Post 117 and VFW Post 2793. The guest speaker will be Millie Reierson, retired captain, U.S. Army. Also planned will be patriotic music by the combined Northland Community and high school bands, under the direction of Linda Samuelson, and an invocation and benediction by Ron Pilcher, chaplain, American Legion Post 117.
Tolna: The American Legion will hold services at various cemeteries in the area that morning and its auxiliary will host a dinner at 11:30 a.m. at the Tolna Events Center.
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