Memorial Day: Parades and events to remember fallen heroes around the Blue Water Area

Liz Shepard, Port Huron Times Herald
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Members of the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Honor Guard stand at attention at a Memorial Day service Monday, May 31, 2021, at Pine Grove Park in Port Huron.
Members of the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Honor Guard stand at attention at a Memorial Day service Monday, May 31, 2021, at Pine Grove Park in Port Huron.

The Blue Water Area has several events planned for this Memorial Day to remember fallen heroes.

While there is a chance of rain Friday and Saturday, temperatures are expected to warm up and stay dry Sunday and Monday.

Most events are planned for Monday, with a forecast of a high of 84 and partly cloudy in Port Huron.

Parades

  • Lexington is hosting a Memorial Day Parade at 11 a.m. Monday on Main Street.

  • Port Huron's parade also starts at 11 a.m. Monday. Spectators should line Military Street, from Quay Street to Pine Grove Park. The parade ends at Pine Grove Park where seven fallen hero names will be added to the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial. Veterans or those active in the military can walk in the parade by arriving at the staging area on Quay Street at 9:30 a.m.

  • St. Clair's parade starts at 1 p.m. Monday. A ceremony will be held at the end of the parade at Memorial Park on North Riverside Avenue.

Blessing of the fleet

  • There will be a Memorial Day Blessing of the Fleet at the Port Sanilac Municipal Harbor at 11:30 a.m., with a barbecue picnic after at the Harbor Park.

Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit coming to Port Huron

The Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit will be at Karrer-Simpson Funeral Home, 1720 Elk. St. in Port Huron Memorial Day.

“The goal of the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit is to bring community together and teach patriotism while remembering the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes," Karen Worcester, Wreaths Across America executive director said in a statement. “Over the last two years we feel this exhibit has taken on even more meaning by providing the opportunity for people to safely participate in something that is both educational and inspiring, while supporting and giving back to the communities it visits.”

The exhibit serves as a mobile museum, educating visitors about the service and sacrifice of the nation’s heroes as well as to serve as an official ‘welcome home’ station for Vietnam Veterans.

The public tours for the exhibit are free with social distancing, sanitation and safety procedures in place to protect the health of all visitors .

Wreaths Across America is a nonprofit best known for placing wreaths on veteran’s headstones at Arlington National Cemetery.

Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron has been decorated annually in December by the organization and local volunteers from the Allied Veterans Council and Sea Scouts. You can sponsor a local veteran’s wreath for $15 by visiting https://bit.ly/3wpOPqL.

Contact Liz Shepard at lshepard@gannett.com. 

This article originally appeared on Port Huron Times Herald: Memorial Day parades and events scheduled around the Blue Water Area