Fond du Lac communities will celebrate Memorial Day with parades, ceremonies and food. Here's what to know.
FOND DU LAC – Memorial Day this year is May 27, and every community celebrates it a little differently.
Here's where to honor Memorial Day in the Fond du Lac area.
Fond du Lac parade and ceremony
The 2024 Memorial Day parade, hosted by the Disabled American Veterans, will start at 10 a.m. on the corner of Rees and Main streets, and proceed south on Main Street to Veterans Park.
The Memorial Day Ceremony at Veterans Park will follow immediately at 11:30 a.m. Keynote speaker for the ceremony is retired Master Gunnery Sgt. Doug Fraser of the United States Marine Corps.
American Legion Foxhole Bar picnic lunch
The Foxhole Bar at the American Legion of Fond du Lac, 500 Fond du Lac Ave., will host a Memorial Day picnic-style lunch from noon to 4 p.m. with burgers, brats and more.
Veterans eat free, and the afternoon will include a presentation at 3 p.m. and Jeff Mueller playing from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Ripon ceremony and parade
Ripon's Memorial Day ceremony starts at 9:30 a.m. at The Village Green, 400 Watson St., and will include an invocation and a reading of Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" and "In Flanders Fields."
A procession will follow, traveling through downtown to Hillside Cemetery, ending with the laying of the wreaths and a National Guard gun salute.
The rain site for the ceremony is the Ripon High School gym, 850 Tiger Drive.
Waupun pancake breakfast
The Central Wisconsin Christian Booster Club will host its annual Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. in the Commons and Crusader Centre at Central Wisconsin Christian School, 301 Fox Lake Road in Waupun.
The menu includes pancakes, choice of regular or loaded scrambled eggs, sausage links and more, as well as beverages.
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Oakfield Memorial Day Service
Oakfield's Memorial Day Service will start at 8:30 a.m. at Avoca Cemetery, featuring a life-sized mockup of the town's planned Veterans Memorial on display, as well as opportunities to donate.
The Oakfield Area Historical Society's Avoca Chapel museum will be open 8 to 10 a.m., providing free donuts and coffee.
Daphne Lemke is the Streetwise reporter for the Fond du Lac Reporter. Contact her at dlemke@gannett.com.
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