Photo by Hayley Sroka, Editor
Memorial Day being honored in Dakota. Additional info about Post 343 can be obtained from their website (https://hancocklegionpost343.org/) or by contacting their Adjutant, William Johnston at (715) 249-5535.
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Over 50 people attended Memorial Day services at Veteran’s Memorial Park at Dakota on May 26. The ceremony was held jointly by the remaining members of the Dakota/Richford American Legion Post 163 and the Rogers-Oestrich American Legion Post 343 (Hancock/Coloma).
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Almond veterans receive Quilts of Valor.The Mead-Rath-Gutke Almond Post 339 lead the Community in a ceremony to honor our veterans. The school band played several patriotic songs. The names of the local deceased veterans were read. There was a Flag Folding Ceremony with the meaning of each fold read as it was folded. The Golden Needle Quilt Guild awarded Quilts of Valor to Robert Jastromski, Alan Baumann, and Robert Dean Onan. The conclusion of the program was at the Village Cemetery where they decorated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after which there was a rifle salute and playing of Taps.
Submitted by Ellen Riggenbach
Mike Wiles holds donated lilacs for local young Americans to place on the Hancock veteran's monument in memory of those who served our Country.
Photo by Cindy Stevens, Argus Correspondent
Members of the Tr-County band provided music for the National Anthem and taps during the Hancock Memorial Day ceremony.
Photo by Cindy Stevens, Argus Correspondent
Redgranite AMVETS led a ceremony at Veterans Park before their annual chicken BBQ.
Photo by Hayley Sroka, Editor
Redgranite AMVETS Post 13 Commander Robert Rohde, 1st Vice Commander Larry Redmann Sr., and Ladies Auxiliary President Mary Woiak place the memorial wreath at Veterans Park in memory of those who fought for our freedom.
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Boy Scouts walk through the Wild Rose Memorial Day parade on May 26.
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During the Wild Rose ceremony, Daniel Dopp Post 370 explained how the Missing Man Table is meant to remind us of fallen, missing, or improsoned U.S. Military soldiers.
Photo by Hayley Sroka, Editor
Photo by Hayley Sroka, Editor
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