2024 Memorial Day - Decker Brown
The Lawrence American Legion Post #45 once again performed the duty of recognizing the military veterans buried at area cemeteries. Near perfect weather greeted large crowds at the Sacred Heart and St. Stephen cemeteries, while smaller crowds attended the other three cemeteries the Legion visited. In the photo, the firing squad is shown under the flags at the Sacred Heart parish cemetery east of Lawrence. Graves decorated this year were: Sacred Heart: Don Pohlmeier, Korea; St. Stephen: Bruce Julin; Evergreen: Fred Thompson, WW1; Rosemont: Malvin Rose, WWII; Oak Creek: Wilmer Wells, Viet Nam.
Decker Brown, Lawrence-Nelson history teacher and basketball coach, was the guest speaker for the Memorial Day services held by the Nelson American Legion Post 187 on Monday.
The Nelson American Legion Post 187 held Memorial Day services at the Salem Lutheran Church cemetery, the Nora Cemetery, the Nelson cemetery and at the Veterans Plaza in downtown Nelson on Monday morning. The morning started out early for the Legion members and volunteers who placed the flags at the Nelson cemetery, the courthouse and the plaza. Some but not all who helped were Decker Brown, Koltton Menke, Cooper Heikkine...
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