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Calvary Cemetery contains a monument dedicated to the approximately 430 people who died with the sinking of the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan in 1860. Most of those lost in the tragedy were from Milwaukee's Third Ward Irish community and is the second greatest loss of life seen on the Great Lakes.
Families and other volunteers on Saturday, May 28, 2022 place thousands of flags at veterans' gravesites at Wood National Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day. Milwaukee's public Memorial Day ceremony ...
A Wisconsin historical marker in the historic third ward in Milwaukee commemorates the tragedy. Calvary Cemetery in Milwaukee has a monument dedicated to the Lady Elgin disaster and the many lost in the tragedy who are buried there. Songwriter Henry Clay Work penned the memorial song "Lost on the Lady Elgin" in 1861. [15]
One-year-old Angelina Figurroa of Milwaukee waves a flag during Milwaukee's Memorial Day Parade on May 27, 2019. (She was with her mother, Lenia Figurroa.) The 2019 parade turned out to be the ...
Veterans prepare to release black balloons, symbolic of POW and MIA soldiers, during a wreath-laying ceremony to mark Memorial Day at Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee in 2021.
Pages in category "Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Milwaukee)" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
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Milwaukee Harbor entry N. pier, SE. corner of H.W. Maier Festival Park: 42-foot lighthouse built in 1906 on the end of a pier in Milwaukee's harbor. [186] 123: Milwaukee Protestant Home for the Aged: Milwaukee Protestant Home for the Aged: May 10, 2023