Run or walk 1 1/2 mile in memory of our Fallen military. A BBQ will follow for socializing.

RECLAIMING OUR HERITAGE…CREATED TO HONOR OUR VETERANSAND CELEBRATE U.S. MILITARY HISTORYReclaiming Our Heritage was created in 2002 by a group of dedicated employees of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee. In the past eight years, it has grown to the extent that hundreds of volunteers from VA and from the community now participate.The event has several goals: to honor veterans, to provide veteran benefit information, to highlight the architectural and cultural treasures of the…See More

Fourth annual commemoration to remember the forgotten "Boys in Blue" from the Wisconsin Soldiers' Home (1864-1867) and from the early days of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (1867-1871) prior to the opening of the Home Cemetery (Wood National Cemetery).Simple ceremony with musket salute at 1 p.m. Flowers will be provided for the public to decorate veteran graves, but additional flowers are welcome.Information: Patricia, 414-427-3776 or www.wssas.orgSee More

The Save a Vet® Foundation with generous support of the 404th MEB Brigade is teamed up in memory of one of Chicago’s lost sons’, Terrence L. Barnich. On the 25th of May, Memorial Day, last year, Terry lost his life to a roadside IED while serving as the Deputy Director of ITAO in Iraq. Terry served the US and the Iraqi people for two and a half years and is the driving reason so much progress was made with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity and Water Resources. He left this earth next to two…See More