Memorial Day Ceremonies in Metro Detroit.

[rjk]

http://www.whitechapelcemetery.com/

If you're looking for a nice Memorial Day ceremony check out the WW1 Polar Bear Memorial ceremony at White Chapel in Troy.

Any other Memorial day cermonies/parades in the area that are worth checking out?

[MidTownMs]

There's usually something happening at Elmwood Cemetary.

[Zacha341]

Memorial Day Events:

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/05/...-memorial-day/

As we remember our fallen service members, Metro Detroit is celebrating their lives with a weekend of parades and family events.
Monday, May 28

Greenfield Village’s Civil War Remembrance
Greenfield Village will take the opportunity to honor all veterans, with a Memorial Day weekend celebration. More than 450 military re-enactors will recreate an authentic Civil War scene daily. The weekend also will include parades and Civil War era artillery demonstrations. Continues until Monday. More info

Dearborn Memorial Day Parade
The parade, which will especially honor Cold War veterans, begins at 10 a.m. and will travel along Michigan Avenue from Greenfield to Schaefer, ending at Dearborn City Hall. Former Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter, Grand Marshal, will deliver keynote address at remembrance service; joined by 13 Special Marshals.

Novi Memorial Day Parade
The parade begins at 10 a.m. and travels west along Ten Mile Road from Karim Boulevard. Following the parade, there will be a memorial ceremony at Novi Civic Center.

Ferndale’s Annual Memorial Day Parade
The family and friends of fallen soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan can honor their loved ones by being a part of the Foot Float. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Livernois Avenue and W. Breckenridge Avenue and heads north. More info

Novi Memorial Day Run
Beginning at 9 a.m., participants can choose to run either a 1-mile, 5K or 10K course in Fuerst Park. Registration fee depends on the length of the race, and all proceeds with benefit the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. More info

Auburn Hills Downtown Memorial Day Parade
The city’s Memorial Day Parade kicks off at 11 a.m. It runs downtown along Adams and Squirrel Roads.

City Of Troy Memorial Day Observance
Troy will host a Memorial Day Remembrance ceremony at 11 a.m. at City Hall, 500 W. Big Beaver Rd.

Sterling Heights 33rd Annual Memorial Day Parade
This year’s parade will include a memorial ceremony at 9 a.m. in the courtyard between City Hall 40555 Utica Rd.,and the Police Department. The memorial will honor former Sterling Heights resident SSGT Ergin V. Osman, who was killed in combat in May 2011 in Afghanistan. The parade begins at 10 a.m. in front of City Hall.

St. Mary’s Polish Country Fair
This 40-year tradition features carnival rides, games and traditional Polish and American foods. The celebration is family friendly and includes games and activities for kids. In Orchard Lake. More info

For information on more events coming up in Metro Detroit, visit this link.

[Mikeg]

http://www.whitechapelcemetery.com/

If you're looking for a nice Memorial Day ceremony check out the WW1 Polar Bear Memorial ceremony at White Chapel in Troy....

I was there along with Detroit News photographer David Guralnick and several hundred other attendees.

The photos he took are images # 22 through 36 in this Detroit News Photo Gallery: Memorial Day 2012

For those who may not know about the WW I "Polar Bears", here's a DY thread that I started for Veterans Day 2007 on the subject of "Detroit's Own" Polar Bears.

[rjk]

^I was there also.
They always but on a beautiful ceremony and what a great monument to those soldiers.

[Mikeg]

^I was there also.
They always but on a beautiful ceremony and what a great monument to those soldiers.

What did you think of the Edgar A. Guest poem I read?

Guest was approaching the height of his career when he wrote it and in his day, he was a well-known Detroit and Michigan "institution" and very popular with the the mass consumers of poetry. He was named the first [[and only) Poet Laureate of Michigan.

[rjk]

What did you think of the Edgar A. Guest poem I read?

Guest was approaching the height of his career when he wrote it and in his day, he was a well-known Detroit and Michigan "institution" and very popular with the the mass consumers of poetry. He was named the first [[and only) Poet Laureate of Michigan.

Very nice, as was the whole ceremony. I've been to the ceremony 4 of the last 5 years, only missing the year I was out of town. 2008 was my first year and I probably learned about it from the above thread in 07. I do remember researching the Polar Bears thouroughly on the internet and gathering as much info as I could around that time.