Celebrations return to the North Country File photo Wednesday, June 30, 2021 7:33 pm
TOWER - Yes, the Fourth of July is back, but for Tower-Soudan this year, it will be celebrated on Saturday, July 3.
Most of the traditional activities are back on track, with a few changes.
The parade starts at 11 a.m., but come to City Hall at 10:30 a.m. for the flag raising and singing of the National Anthem. Float judging is at 10 a.m. at the parade line-up at the Tower Civic Center parking lot.
The Tower-Soudan Civic Club’s pancake breakfast has been canceled, due to safety concerns, but most other traditional activities are on the schedule.
Jodi Summit
TOWER The motto of The American Legion is “For God and Country.” But for the hundreds of Legion posts that dot small town Minnesota, the motto really should be “For God, Country, and Community” and that’s why the community here will feel the loss of American Legion Post 245.
With only three remaining active members, the youngest of whom is 88, the Tower-based post recently surrendered its charter.
The post is one of many in Minnesota, and nationwide, that has ceased operations, due mainly to aging membership. The post closed its building back in 2015 and has been mostly inactive the past ten years.