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Memorial Day events in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa
Here is a list of events taking place.
Posted: May 28, 2021 7:42 AM
Updated: May 28, 2021 7:43 AM
All events on Monday, May 31 unless otherwise noted.
IOWA
Mason City – 9:30 am. Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery. Activities include Mason City High School Concert band, vocal performance, invocation and benediction, a reading of the Gettysburg Address by the Boy Scouts, a flag salute, the Mayor s proclamation, a reading of General Orders #11, wreath-laying ceremony by several patriotic organizations. Guest speaker Capt. Joan Platz, part of only the second graduating class from the United States Naval Academy that included women.
Clear Lake – 9:30 am assembly at Lake Front. Activities include Clear Lake High School Band, Casting of the Wreath. Clear Lake Cemetery Program. Opening Remarks by Officer of the Day: Steve Merrill, USA (Ret). Placing of roses. Speaker of the Day: Lance Ashland, USAF (Ret). Roll Call of Deceased
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The state division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy announced Thursday that it is appealing to the state Supreme Court the recent decision of the N.C. Court of Appeals that dismissed the UDC bid to have a statue of a Confederate soldier returned to the corner of Liberty and Fourth streets in downtown Winston-Salem.
Sara Powell, president of the UDC s North Carolina Division, issued a statement saying that both the split decision on the appeals court and the UDC s interpretation of the state law on monuments give grounds for the appeal. We believe that the General Assembly intended for memorials to be protected, and we wish to see the law enforced, Powell said.