The American Legion Post 690 is sponsoring a Memorial Day Parade and other related activities on Monday, May 27th beginning at 10:00 AM with a service at Hillside Cemetery on Smith Street in Palatine.
The parade will start at 10:15 AM at Cornell Avenue and Smith Street. The route will be north on Smith Street, east on Robertson Street, south on Brockway Street and then east on Wood Street to the Veterans Memorial in Community Park.
Following the parade at 11:00 AM there will be a short program at the Veterans Memorial and then another ceremony at the Legion Memorial in Towne Square at 150 W. Palatine Road beginning at 12:15 PM. Community members are invited to the American Legion across the street from Towne Square following the ceremonies.
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The parade will include color guards of the Legion, Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion. Contingents from the Palatine Police and Fire Departments as well as community leaders and a number of youth groups will also participate. The Palatine High School Marching Band will be performing the National Anthem and other patriotic music during the parade and throughout the rest of the program.
Groups who would like to participate in the parade are asked to call the American Legion at 847-359-1606 after noon on any day and leave their name and phone number. A member of the parade committee will return their call and fill them in on the arrangements.
