“DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI” “ IT IS SWEET AND PROPER TO
DIE FOR ONES COUNTRY” A CALL ANSWERED BY MANY IN THEIR ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE IN DEFENDING OUR NATION. EVERY YEAR IN HONOR OF THEIR
SACRIFICE AND TO REMIND OURSELVES OF WHY OUR COUNTRY IS STILL SO
GREAT IONIA HOLDS A MEMORIAL DAY PARADE THROUGH IONIA’S HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN. BEGINNING AT 10 AM MAY 27TH THE PARADE WILL FLOW FROM
DEXTER ST. TO THE IONIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE WHERE A CEREMONY WILL
BE HELD IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FALLEN HEROES. THE IONIA VFW WOULD
LIKE TO INVITE ANY AND ALL VETERANS TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT BY EITHER
WALKING WITH OR RIDING ON THEIR FLOAT. IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE
PLEASE CALL SHANE HOUGHTON AT 616 841 85 74 FOR FURTHER DETAILS. IN A
TIME WHERE PATRIOTISM IS NEEDED MOST SHOW YOUR SUPPORT OF THOSE
THAT GAVE THEIR ALL FOR OUR GREAT NATION WHEN YOU ATTEND THE
ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE IN DOWNTOWN IONIA, MAY 27TH AT 10 AM
