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WSIU Almanac: May 27th, 2016.

This Memorial Day Monday in Marion, there will be a celebration at Ray Fosse Park starting at 10:00AM.  To find out more visit their Facebook page at:  https://www.facebook.com/Memorial-Day-at-Fosse-Park-1682939675282916/

Carbondale’s Memorial Day celebration, which is widely considered to be one of the OLDEST memorial celebrations in the country, will be held on Monday May 30 at Woodlawn Cemetery  starting at 9:30 in the morning  with music from the Red Bank Civil War Reunion band playing patriotic civil war music.

Pinckneyville will hold their Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday May 30th, 2016 at the Pinckneyville City Cemetery at 9:00AM.  The ceremony is sponsored and conducted by the Daffron-Presswood American Legion Post #2504.  In case of bad weather, the ceremony will take place at the fairgrounds grandstand.

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