Parades, speakers highlight area activities.
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ROCHELLE — Memorial Day services will be held in Rochelle, as well as surrounding communities, on Monday.
Rochelle
The Rochelle Memorial Day Parade will begin at 10 a.m. in front of Rochelle City Hall on Monday.
This year’s route will begin at Sixth St. and Fifth Ave., turn right on Lincoln Highway, right on Lincoln Ave., right on Ninth St., left on Eighth Ave. and end at the Veteran’s Memorial at Lawnridge Cemetery.
The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at the Veteran’s Memorial. Rochelle Mayor Chet Olson will lead the ceremony.
In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held at Rochelle Township High School.
Members of the VFW ask if anyone is interested in helping to place American flags on the veterans’ graves, to please be at the cemetery at 7:15 a.m. Monday. Help is also needed to take down the flags around 4 p.m. that day. RTHS students can earn Silver Service hours for this work.
Steward
A parade of flags and flowers will start out in front of the Steward United Methodist Church and proceed to the Steward Cemetery for a short program, pausing at the memorial in front of the Steward Elementary School.