Memorial Day events being held in the Elgin-area over holiday weekend
There are several Memorial Day ceremonies in and around the Elgin area this weekend:
The village of Carpentersville will hold a wreath laying ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday, May 26 at Veterans Garden in Carpenter Park, 275 Maple Ave. For more information, call 847-426-3439.
The James McCulla Jr. Memorial fireworks show is scheduled to take place at 8:45 p.m. Saturday, May 24, with displays shot off from the footbridge over the Fox River between East and West Dundee. For more information, email dundeestpats@gmail.com.
The Elgin Patriotic Memorial Association will be presenting four events on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26:
For more information on the Elgin, go to www.elginmemorialday.org.
Willow Lakes Estates subdivision off West River Road in Elgin will hold a ceremony at 11 a.m Saturday, May 24, in the lower level of its clubhouse. The ceremony will feature local dignitaries and a benediction from Elgin Police Department chaplain Al Keating. For more information, email rerussell1862@msn.com.
VFW Post 2298 will unveil a new memorial at a ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 24, outside its building at 117 S. 1st St. An invocation will be made by the Rev. John McNamara of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church and the keynote address will be made by VFW state Cmdr. Maurice Bridges. For more information, call 847-428-9006.
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