'Tribute to Veterans' is patriotic event Saturday north of Burlington thehawkeye.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehawkeye.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Flavors Kitchen food truck, specializing in Jamaican cuisine, has entered into a longterm agreement with the Simsbury Historical Society to serve food in the society's back parking lot. Online orders can be picked up there, and there's also seating for eating in the lot, amid the society's historic 18th and 19th century buildings.
Memorial Day events planned in southeast Iowa, west-central Illinois
Ceremonies throughout area honor fallen comrades, loved ones.
The Burlington Area Veterans Council will sponsor a Memorial Day ceremony Monday.
The service at 10 a.m. at Burlington s Memorial Auditorium will honor the nation s fallen heroes and recognize veterans and active-duty military.
According to Des Moines County Area Veterans Council member Curt Daughters, about 100-150 people usually attend the ceremony.
After the opening comments, the ceremony will kick off with a performance of the National Anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Due to COVID-19, the Burlington Municipal Band will not be playing this year, and Marine Corps League member Larry Dodds will sing the anthem.
Wreckage Is Not USS Chattanooga Friday, April 30, 2021
The story Wreckage Located In Tennessee River is in error. There is no way that the ship wreckage found is USS Chattanooga.
Both ships named USS Chattanooga were commissioned after the Civil War.
The first Chattanooga, a screw steamer, was launched Oct. 13, 1864 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.; completed by the Philadelphia Navy Yard and commissioned May 16, 1866, Captain J. P. McKinstry in command.
After final trials in August 1866, Chattanooga returned to the Navy Yard where she was decommissioned Sept. 3, 1866. She remained inactive there and at League Island, where in December 1871 she was holed and sunk at her dock by floating ice. The hulk was sold in January 1872.