Memorial Day
Every year on Memorial Day members of the VFW Lilac
Post 5815 visit each of the cemeteries
of Lombard, Illinois, where veterans are buried. A minister and
one or more buglers accompany them. A 21-gun salute is fired at
each cemetery to honor our veterans.
The photos below were taken on
Memorial Day, May 25, 2009. At that time members of both VFW Post
5815 and American Legion Post 391 joined in honoring these veterans.
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The four photos above are from
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Roosevelt and Westmore-Meyers Roads,
Lombard, IL. The next four photos are from the old Cemetery in Yorktown Shopping Center.
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| The four photos above are from
the Allerton Ridge Cemetery on Highland Avenue, across from Yorktown Shopping Center, and the four photos below are from St.
Mary's Cemetery. |
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| The four photos above are from
the area next to the Village Hall. |
| The historic Lombard Cemetery at Main
Street and Washington Boulevard was rededicated on Memorial Day, May
25, 2009. A large crowd, including Lombard's Village President,
William J. Mueller, had gathered for the ceremony, which began at 11:00
a.m. Representatives from Lombard VFW Post 5815 and American
Legion Post 391 honored the soldiers buried in the cemetery. |
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Following this ceremony rededicating the Lombard
Cemetery was the ceremony
at Lombard Commons rededicating the Veterans Memorial Rock there.
This page was
last updated October 24, 2013.
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