Photo courtesy of City of Crown Point
American Legion Post 20 and the City of Crown Point will host the annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony on Monday, May 27.
The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m., May 27, with staging at the Cal Ripken Little League parking lot along Joliet Street. The parade begins on Joliet Street, goes to Main Street south to Wells Street and ends at the Historic Maplewood Cemetery.
At 11 a.m., American Legion Post 20, Crown Point Mayor Pete Land, Crown Point officials, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, the United States Naval Sea Cadets Polar Star Battalion and local elected officials will gather for a brief ceremony at the Historic Maplewood Cemetery in recognition of those who sacrificed for our freedom.
American Legion Post 20 Cmdr. Kevin Dvorak will deliver opening remarks, with Mayor Land to deliver the reflection following.
Quick Facts
What: Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony
When: 10:30 a.m. (parade), 11 a.m. (ceremony) Monday, May 27
Where: Joliet Street (parade), Historic Maplewood Cemetery, Wells Street entrance across from Solon Robinson Elementary (ceremony)
