Legion hosts Memorial Day events

FREMONT – Memorial Day observances will be held in Fremont on May 25, honoring fallen service members with a parade, cemetery ceremony and potluck picnic planned by American Legion Post 391.

Parade units will assemble at 9:30 a.m. at the Fremont American Legion hall parking lot at 322 Waupaca St. behind the village hall. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. and proceed down Fillmore Street to Wolf River Drive and West Main Street before ending on Waupaca Street in front of the Legion hall.

Following the parade, services will be held at Lakeside Cemetery along Wolf River Drive. American Legion Post 391 will supervise the cemetery ceremonies. After a prayer from the chaplain, students will read patriotic poems while scouts place flowers at veterans’ graves.

Members of Post 391 will fire rifles in tribute to fallen soldiers. The ceremony will conclude with the sounding of taps. Following the observances, a potluck picnic will be held at the Legion hall.