Reflections: Past Memorial Days in Cardington
Reading about past Memorial Day observances in Cardington brings memories.
Earlier I submitted a few from very early years, but today I am focusing on those within my memory. All of these services were held at the Civil War Monument in Glendale Cemetery.
May, 1956
Rev. A. E. Clark, pastor of Salem EUB church gave the address at the May 30, 1956 program. Flower donations to this program were taken by Leonard Benson. Rev. Theodore Partridge gave the invocation and benediction. The parade included the high school band, the Post Drum and Bugle Corps, Boy Scouts, school groups and patriotic organizations.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. It has been a full year since the growing COVID-19 pandemic changed the world and shifted Western Michigan University to distance learning. Over those 365 days, the community has experienced losses, dramatic change, isolation and uncertainty, but the period has also been a time of hope, innovation, resilience and adaptation.
A year of resilience, innovation
In the face of adversity, the Western community rose up to support each other and find new ways to create and connect. When I heard the governor talking during a press conference on the radio about how it s been a year since Michigan s first COVID-19 case … I literally had to pull over the car because the tears started to flow, says