Memorial Day Ceremonies
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Join us again on Monday, May 31, 2027, for Memorial Day ceremonies in Brainerd, MN.
May 28, 2026: An after-action report as heard on B93.3 and Cool 103.5 Radio in Brainerd, MN.
Morning Radio Host Bill Satre
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Memorial Day Committee Member Mark Persons
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YouTube: Brainerd Memorial Day videos
May 25, 2026, 11 am: The Brainerd Legion, the Brainerd VFW and the Brainerd Elks served lunch to veterans and their families at the Legion on Front Street.
May 25, 2026, 10:30 am: A parade on 3rd Avenue NE ended at Evergreen Cemetery with the Honor Guard and the Brainerd High School Band.
Event programs were handed out by Cub Scouts and Bill Satre was the program Master of Ceremonies. About 300 hundred people showed up for the main ceremony.
Master of Ceremonies Bill Satre
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Jasper Piehl recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Lilly DeRosier gave the Gettysburg Address
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Pastor Kim Suhr gave the prayers
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Youtube video
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Special Forces solider Buford Johnson was the main speaker
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See the video at: https://www.facebook.com/brainerdmemorialday
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Lakeland Public TV story
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May 26, 2026, 9:30 am: Memorial Day ceremonies continued at the All-Veterans Memorial where the Brainerd Honor Guard fired and Taps were played.
May 25, 2026: 9.00 am: Laurel Street over the Mississippi River where a wreath is put in the water in memory of those who died at sea. This year a tag was added asking whoever finds it to let us know where and when. Bill Satre was the MC and Pastor Kim Suhr read the prayers. The Brainerd Honor Guard fired a 21-rifle salute to those who died in service to our country.
Tag that was attached to the wreath, which is going down the Mississippi River
May 25, 2026, 6:30 am: Memorial Day morning. Scout Troop 36 installed 100 casket flags on a fence at Evergreen Cemetery.
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May 22, 2026: Brainerd VFW Chaplain Eusebia Rios held a short Memorial Service at the Cuyuna Range Medical Center. The Brainerd Honor Guard was there to present the flag.
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May 22, 2026: Veterans were at Memorial Gardens Cemetery with flags for Memorial Day. Pipes in the ground, were found with a metal locator, then drilled out so flags could be planted.
May 21, 2026: Cub Scout Pack 36 put flags in at Evergreen Cemetery. Trevor Bjerketuedt is the pack leader. Coins were put on military graves in remembrance.
- Penny: Indicates that someone simply stopped by to visit and pay their respects.
- Nickel: Means the visitor and the deceased service member trained together at boot camp.
- Dime: Signifies that the visitor and the deceased served together in the same unit or on the same deployment.
- Quarter: The most significant coin, indicating that the visitor was physically present when the service member died.
May 21, 2026: Interviews were recorded for playback on KLIZ, B93.3, KUAL and WJJY Radio on Friday, May 22nd. It was the same subject matter, but the interviews were conducted by personalities for each station.
Tess Taylor on WJJY Community Focus
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Herman Wisneski, member of the Brainerd Memorial Day Committee
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Eric Kunstleben on KLIZ Radio
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Mark Persons, member of the Brainerd Memorial Day Committee
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Bill Satre, Program Director for B93.3 and Cool 103.5 Radio Stations
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Zach Mahoney, morning host on KLIZ Radio
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May 20, 2026: Volunteers picked up Memorial Day flags from the Brainerd National Guard Armory.
The Brainerd Memorial Day Committee March 25, 2026.
[email protected] 218-833-2478
Many thanks to volunteers Danelie and Kris Lambke for doing professional sound work at the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Memorial Day ceremonies.
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This is an all-volunteer community activity. Flowers at the All-Veterans Memorial are planted and tended to by the Captain Robert Orr Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Most people on this committee volunteer to honor those who died in service to our country. Most never served in the military. Jobs include arranging for speakers, getting city permits, coordinating the parade, making the program guides, putting up flags in area cemeteries with scouts, radio interviews and running the sound system.
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The Brainerd Memorial Day Committee is an all-volunteer organization. However, there are expenses for replacing worn flags, equipment storage, printing and permits. Contributions will be gratefully accepted to defray costs for the event which remembers and honors those who died in service to our country. Send contributions to: Brainerd Memorial Day Committee C/O Brainerd VFW, 309 South 6th Street, Brainerd, MN 56401. Attention: Randy Aldous Thank You.
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We pause to give thanks on Memorial Day to the people who fought and died for freedom and our way of life. A hero is someone who has given his or her life for something bigger than himself or herself. Some 1.3 million servicemen and women died fighting for freedom and the American way of life. From the Bible, John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” |
John McCray
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In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep |
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In Waters by the Deep, a sailor's poem
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