May 24, 2020 – West Bend, WI – Rolling into Monday, May 25 and Memorial Day we’re going to flashback to the West Bend Memorial Day Parade from 2018. It was a classic live broadcast from the back of a pickup sitting in the parking lot at Hoffert’s Auto Repair on the corner of S. Main Street and Maple Street.
A couple things to note from 2018:
- Washington County Sheriff Dale Schmidt was behind the wheel of the Sheriff’s Vehicle.
- At 24:39 a note of correction: the passenger in the vehicle is WWII veteran Rollie Moericke, 91. He served 1944-52 in WWII and Korea.
- Some of the veterans participating in the parade included Terry Vrana, Richard Limbeck, John Butschlick, Merlin Stockhausen, Jerry Faber, Norbert Carter,
- Keep an eye out for the Freedom Riders and WWII Veteran Howie Knox, 98.
- Gas prices at the Mobil in May 2018 – $3.09 regular unleaded and in 2017 it was $2.40 for regular unleaded.
On Monday, May 25, 2020 there will be a Memorial Day driving/riding tour of the cemeteries in West Bend. Click HERE for details. That event is open to the public.
There will be a Memorial Day ceremony in West Bend. It is NOT open to the public but will be livestreamed. Click HERE for details.
One technical note: I’m finding the video does appear when using Google as the search engine, however it does not appear when using Fire Fox. Just FYI.
