Wauwatosa announces plans for 2016 Memorial Day ceremony
Terry King, of Wauwatosa, places a flag at the headstone of a veterans grave at Graceland Cemetery on Sherman Blvd. in Milwaukee on Monday, May 19, 2014. King, an army veteran who served from 1963-1965 in Germany, was volunteering with Graceland Cemetery in placing the flags in time for Memorial Day weekend. Photo By Mike De Sisti
May 10, 2016
Wauwatosa's Civic Celebration Committee, with the city, has announced details for this year's Memorial Day Ceremony.
The ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. May 30 at Longfellow Middle School, 7600 W. North Ave.
The one-hour ceremony will feature Dennis Konkel, a longtime Wauwatosa resident, a captain with the Milwaukee County Sheriff's training division and since 1987, a member of Wisconsin Army National Guard. He holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army National Guard and is a veteran of two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The Wauwatosa Community Band will also perform.
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