Memorial Day Service

Time: 10:00 am—Monday, 30 May, 2011 

Place: Veteran’s Memorial—Mt. Pulaski Cemetery [bring chairs & umbrella – big shade tree is no longer with us!] Alternate Location: Mt. Pulaski American Legion Hall—South Washington St. (inclement weather venue) 

Raising of the Flag: Ralph Beccue, Former Commander, American Legion Post 447 & Joe Lucas, Chaplain (former Commander), American Legion Post 447 

National Anthem: Mt. Pulaski HS – JHS Band: David Helm, Director 

Post the Colors: Bob McCue: Honor Guard Commander—Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447, Mt. Pulaski VFW Post 777, Mt. Pulaski SAL Squadron 447 

Welcome: Phil Bertoni, Commander, American Legion Post 447 

Invocation: Fr. Tom Shaw, Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church—Mt. Pulaski 

Music: Mt. Pulaski HS – JHS Band: David Helm, Director Speaker: Jim Fuhrer, Mayor of Mt. Pulaski 

Presentation of Flowers: Children will come forward with their flowers to lay at the Veteran’s Memorial 

Laying of Wreaths: Mt. Pulaski Auxiliary Units, City of Mt. Pulaski, and Mt. Pulaski Civic organizations 

Readings: Winners of the Sons of the American Legion Junior High and High School Patriotic Essay Contests (Savings Bonds will be presented to the winners) 

Main Speaker: Colonel Paul Fanning, US Army 

Reading of Deceased Veterans since last Memorial Day: Phil Bertoni, Commander, American Legion Post 447 

Benediction: Fr. Tom Shaw, Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church—Mt. Pulaski 

Salute to Fallen Comrades: Bob McCue: Honor Guard Commander - Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447,  Mt. Pulaski VFW Post 777, Mt. Pulaski SAL Squadron 447 

Honor Guard: American Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447; Veterans of Foreign Wars Scroggin-Gee Post 777; Sons of American Legion Squadron 447; Mt. Pulaski Boy & Cub Scouts; Mt. Pulaski Phoenix Fire Department 

FREE Luncheon FOR ALL (11:30): Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447 Hall (sponsored by the Mt. Pulaski 175th Anniversary Committee and the Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447) 

Courthouse Bandstand: Vintage Brass Civil War Band (sponsored by Mt. Pulaski 175th Anniversary Committee)

Vonderlieth Living Center Visit

Time: 11:00 am on Monday, 30 May, 2011—following Mt. Pulaski Cemetery Observance 

Place: Mt. Pulaski Vonderlieth Living Center Great Room—Veterans & families at VLC 

Word of Thanks: Colonel Paul Fanning, US Army 

Prayer: Fr. Tom Shaw, Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church—Mt. Pulaski 

Honor Guard: Mt. Pulaski American Legion Ryman-Fuiten Post 447; Mt. Pulaski Veterans of Foreign Wars Scroggin-Gee Post 777; Mt. Pulaski Sons of American Legion Squadron 447

Steenbergen Cemetery Memorial Day Services

Time: 11:30 am on Monday, 30 May, 2011 

Place: Steenbergen Cemetery (3 mi. south of Mt. Pulaski, 1 mi. west of the Illiopolis Blacktop) 

Flag Raising: Commander Roger Bates, Mt. Pulaski VFW Post 777 

Welcome: Lt. Col. Joe Lucas, USAF, Ret.—Chaplain, Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447 

Invocation: Fr. Tom Shaw, Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church—Mt. Pulaski 

Music: Outside: Mt. Pulaski HS - JHS Band, David Helm—Director Inside: Laura Lee, piano; Jennifer Wernsing, patriotic songs 

Main Speaker: Colonel Paul Fanning, US Army 

Reading of Deceased Veterans since last Memorial Day: Phil Bertoni, Commander, American Legion Post 447 

Benediction: Fr. Tom Shaw, Pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church—Mt. Pulaski 

Salute to Fallen Comrades: Bob McCue: Honor Guard Commander - Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447, Mt. Pulaski VFW Post 777, Mt. Pulaski SAL Squadron 447 

Avenue of Flags: Presentation of Flags for each Veteran buried in Steenbergen Cemetery from the American Revolution onward 

Flags will be posted from Sat., May 28th (8 am) to Mon., May 30th (5 pm) 

FREE Luncheon FOR ALL (11:30): Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447 Hall (sponsored by the Mt. Pulaski 175th Anniversary Committee and the Mt. Pulaski American Legion Auxiliary Unit 447) 

Courthouse

Bandstand (3:00 pm): Vintage Brass Civil War Band (sponsored by Mt. Pulaski 175th Anniversary Committee)