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At Wisconsin Memorial Park, there will be a remembrance service and Memorial Day entertainment throughout the day. Lunch is free for those who fill out a survey that will be handed out at the door ...
About 150,000 people came out to see the 1945 Memorial Day parade, which took place less than three weeks after the surrender of Germany and four months before the surrender of Japan in World War II.
The village's day-to-day operations are managed by a full-time municipal administrator. [37] As part of Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, Saukville is represented by Glenn Grothman (R) in the United States House of Representatives, and by Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D) in the United States Senate.
Since 1867, Brooklyn, New York, has held an annual Memorial Day parade which it claims to be the nation's oldest. Grafton, West Virginia, and Ironton, Ohio have also had an ongoing parade since 1868. However, the Memorial Day parade in Rochester, Wisconsin, predates both the Doylestown and the Grafton parades by one year (1867). [78] [79]
Memorial Day was officially established as a federal holiday in 1971, but the tradition of honoring fallen soldiers began over a century prior. Originally deemed Decoration Day, the first Memorial ...
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Monday, May 27: Fairhaven's annual Memorial Day Parade steps off at 10 a.m., beginning at Union and Main streets, heading north to Fairhaven High School, and then continuing to Riverside Cemetery ...
Saukville has limited public transit compared with larger cities. Ozaukee County and the Milwaukee County Transit System run the Route 143 commuter bus, also known as the "Ozaukee County Express," to Milwaukee via Interstate 43. The bus stops in the Saukville Walmart parking lot, near I-43 Exit 96. The stop is the route's northern terminus.