Memorial Day services, observances and parades around the suburbs
Members of the Schaumburg VFW Post 2202 fire a 21-gun salute during a previous Memorial Day observance at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Schaumburg. Jeff Knox | Staff Photographer, 2017
A combined Color Guard marches into the Elgin s Memorial Day event at Bluff City Cemetery. John Starks | Staff Photographer, 2014
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Memorial Day is a time to honor those who lost their lives serving our country. Services, observances, parades and ceremonies throughout the suburbs offer a chance to reflect on the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Friday, May 28
Memorial Day Pantry: 10 a.m. and noon Friday, May 28, at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry, 1110 Jericho Road in Aurora. Fox Valley Marine Corps League and the pantry will hold its inaugural event in honor of veterans and Gold Star families. All veterans, Gold Star families and active service members ar
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DAR Announces 2021 American History Contest Winners Winners of the Signal Hill Chapter, NSDAR 2021 American History Contest, all from Barrington District 220, top row, left to right: Zofia Bizon (fifth grade) and Abigail Betz (sixth grade); bottom row, left to right: Neev Patel (seventh grade) and Scout Storms (eighth grade). COURTESY OF SIGNAL HILL CHAPTER, NSDAR
Updated 3/4/2021 8:48 AM
Barrington Illinois-based Signal Hill Chapter, NSDAR, announced the winners of its 2021 American History Essay Contest. Kudos to the students, fifth- through eighth-graders, who participated in the contest by writing and submitting their essays on The Boston Massacre and the role it played in organizing American colonists against the British King and Parliament.
Signal Hill Chapter, NSDAR, Announces Good Citizen Award Winner Madeleine Lawler, senior at Lake Zurich High School and winner of the Signal Hill Chapter, NSDAR, 2020-2021 Good Citizen Award.Photograph courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, NSDAR
Updated 2/26/2021 8:56 AM
The Barrington-based Signal Hill Chapter, NSDAR, has awarded Madeleine Lawler, a senior from Lake Zurich High School, its 2020-2021 Good Citizen Award. Madeleine competed in the chapter s essay contest and was awarded a $1,000 scholarship for her winning essay on Our American Heritage and Our Responsibility for Preserving It. When asked how the combined actions of good citizens can keep our nation moving forward, her essay focused on the fact that every citizen can choose to be a piece in the puzzle of American progress.