Warren County celebrates Memorial Day with parades and flags
Warren County residents are invited to the Warren County Veterans Memorial in Norwalk to celebrate and honor veterans and Memorial Day.
"The site itself is really beautiful," Mike Foss said about the Warren County Veterans Memorial. "Right there on hole number nine on the Warrior Run Golf Course."
The memorial features benches naming five of the federal military branches: Navy, Army, Marines, Coast Guard and Air Force. Foss said he hopes to expand the memorial to include the Space Force services and the National Guard.
Foss has led county-wide fundraising in the past four years resulting in the $60,000 investment into the memorial where the county's Freedom Rock is located. Included with the memorial are 102 stone pavers bearing the names of Warren County veterans. The pavers, costing $75 each, are still for sale. Foss said he expects to have more pavers in place for the Veterans Day ceremonies in November.
Event: Warren County Memorial Day Services
Date: May 30, 2022
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Warrior Run Golf Course, 3089 North Ave., Norwalk.
Indianola
A clear sign that we are learning to live with the pandemic is the return of candy throwing at Indianola's Memorial Day parade scheduled for May 30.
Event: Memorial Day Parade
Date: May 30, 2022
Time: 10 a.m. (participants begin lining up at Warren County Administration Building, 301 N Buxton St. at 9:30 a.m.)
Route: Start at the Warren County Administration Building. Head south on Buxton to First Avenue, then to First Street, then south on Firth Street, cross Highway 92, continue south on First Street and end at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, 1200 South Jefferson Way.
The Village, a WesleyLife Community for Healthy Living in Indianola, continues an annual tradition this year by placing more than 600 flags around campus in honor of Memorial Day.
The campus, home to people 55 and older, is known for this yearly means of observing Memorial Day weekend, and the display grows larger each year. A group of about 20 residents will begin placing the flags at 9 a.m. Friday, May 27, on the campus at 1203 North E Street in Indianola.
The flags will remain on display until Tuesday, May 31.
Event: Memorial Day flag display
Date: May 27-May 31.
Location: The Village, 1203 North E Street in Indianola
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Carlisle
Gary Overton, a Navy veteran who served two tours in Viet Nam, is organizing Carlisle's Memorial Day celebrations. Members of the Carlisle Veterans of Foreign Wars are holding ceremonies at 10 locations around the area between 9 a.m. and noon, May 30.
Each ceremony will feature a prayer, a three-gun salute and a bugler playing taps. The noon ceremony at North Park in Carlisle will include the reading of the honor roll of Warren County veterans.
Carlisle VFW Memorial Day celebrations
9 a.m. Middle River Cemetery at 17944 Cleveland St. Palmyra Township, Warren County
9:20 a.m. Palmyra Cemetery at 5789 CR-S23, Palmyra Township, Warren County
9:40 a.m. Hartford Cemetery located in the southwest corner of Harford at the intersection of S. West Street and Fremont Street
10:15 a.m. Carlisle Cemetery located in southeast Carlisle at the intersection of S. 5th Street and John Goodhue Road
10:55 a.m. Elm Grove Cemetery at 6501 Indianola Ave, Des Moines (on Army Post Road)
11:15 Avon Cemetery at 3995 Hart Ave., Des Moines
11:30 a.m. Copper Shores Village Senior Community, 1500 Edgewater Drive in
Pleasant Hill12:00 p.m. Carlisle North Park at the intersection of N. 1st Street and Park Street
Teresa Kay Albertson covers Des Moines' southern suburbs for the Register and the Indianola Record-Herald. Reach her at talbertson@registermedia.com or 515-419-6098.
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Warren County residents celebrate Memorial Day
