Gov. Tony Evers, together with Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Secretary James Bond, announced May 16 that nine nonprofit organizations are receiving Veteran Mental Health Community-Based Organization Grant funding to promote positive mental health through activities, programs, and services that enhance the emotional, psychological, and social well-being of Wisconsin veterans.
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IN 16 PHOTOS: Geneva Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2373 - 2023 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay. - VFW Post 2373 Honor Guard
The Geneva Lakes Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2373 Honor Guard leads the 2023 Memorial Day parade through downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29 to mark the patriotic national holiday honoring and remembering the nation’s fallen military heroes. VFW Post 2373 Honor Guard members, seen front row from left, are Senior Vice Commander Chris Perez Sr., Ellie Scholtz, and Post Trustees Bruce Johnson and Bob Wereski. Honor Guard members pictured back row from left are Andy Robbins and Post Commander Ron Grabski. VFW Post 2373 serves Williams Bay, Fontana, Walworth and Lake Geneva. A crowd estimated at 700 attended the parade and the solemn Memorial Day observances that followed at lakeside Edgewater Park.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Williams Bay Police Department
The Williams Bay Police Department provided a protective escort to kick off the 2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade through downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - American Legion Riders
Veteran members of the American Legion Riders from across southeastern Wisconsin participate in the 2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade through downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29. Established in 1993, American Legion Riders chapters are well known for their charitable work, which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local children's hospitals, schools, veterans homes, severely wounded servicemembers and scholarships. Since 2006, Riders nationwide have participated in The American Legion Legacy Run to annually raise money for the Legacy Scholarship Fund, established to provide scholarships to children of U.S. military personnel killed since Sept. 11, 2001. Currently, over 110,000 American Legion Riders meet in over 2,000 chapters nationwide and in at least three foreign countries.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Walworth County Sheriff's Department
The Walworth County Sheriff's Department provided a protective escort for Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade through downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Barrett Memorial Library
Barrett Memorial Library staff, patrons and Friends process May 29 in the Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade through downtown Williams Bay.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Williams Bay Lions Club
Members of the Williams Bay Lions Club process down Geneva Street in downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29 during the Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Troop 237 Boy and Cub Scouts
Local youth members of Troop 237 Boy and Cub Scouts process down Geneva Street through downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29 as part of the Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Troop 8105 Daisy, Brownie and Girl Scouts
Local youth members of Troop 8105 Daisy, Brownie and Girl Scouts process down Geneva Street through downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29 as part of the Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Como Critters
Como Critters members and volunteers march through downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29 during the Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade. Como Critters provides community non-profit animal wellness service to support Lake Como residents by advocating, networking and marketing to place homeless domesticated community animals and rehomed pets into forever homes, to spay and neuter, as well as educate for the humane and ethical management of community cats in Lake Como.
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Rob Umans (left) and Jim D'Alessando (right) carry a banner for Discover Williams Bay (discoverwilliamsbay.org), a tourism and marketing initiative of the Williams Bay Business Association, on Monday, May 29 during the Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade through downtown Williams Bay. D'Alessandro serves as president of the Williams Bay Business Association.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Faith Christian School
Faith Christian School staff and students march downtown Geneva Street in downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29 as part of the 2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade. Encompassing 194 students and 30 staff members, nondenominational Faith Christian School is accredited by the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Association of Christian Schools International, and is also a member of the Stevens Point-based Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA), the regulatory body for all high school sports in Wisconsin. Founded in 1981, Faith Christian School is the only non-denominational school offering Christ-centered education in grades PreK-12 in Walworth County. Enrollment at Faith Christian for the upcoming 2023-2024 school year is projected at 220-230 students.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, WIlliams Bay - Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy
Encouraging parade-goers to "Take a Hike," members and volunteers of the nonprofit, Williams Bay-based Kishwauketoe Nature Conservancy process down Geneva Street on Monday, May 29 during the 2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade through downtown Williams Bay. The 231-acre conservancy encompasses woodlands, wetlands, prairies, wet meadows and an arboretum served by more than four miles of trails. Kishwauketoe, 251 Elkhorn Rd. (State Hwy. 67), attracts more than 36 different varieties of birds, along with deer, coyote, fox, raccoon and opossum.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Williams Bay High School Bullodogs Marching Band
Members of the Williams Bay High School Bulldogs Marching Band tunefully process through downtown Williams Bay along Geneva Street on Monday, May 29 during the patriotic 2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - WIlliams Bay Historical Society
Members of the Williams Bay Historical Society ride in a vintage Chevy Corvair on Monday, May 29 as part of the Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade down Geneva Street in Williams Bay.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Williams Bay High School History Club
The Williams Bay High School History Club processes along Geneva Street in downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29 during the 2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade.
2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day Parade, Williams Bay - Williams Bay Fire Department
The Williams Bay Fire Department brough numerous pieces of fire, rescue and EMS emergency services response apparatus to downtown Williams Bay on Monday, May 29 as it closed out the 2023 Geneva Lake VFW Post 2373 Memorial Day parade down Geneva Street.
In 9 PHOTOS: Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102 2023 Memorial Day Parade
Walworth Fire & Rescue kicks off the 2023 Memorial Day parade through downtown Walworth
Walworth Fire & Rescue Engine 4 leads Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102's Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 29. Beginning on Kenosha Street near Walworth Elementary School, the parade circled Heyer Park Square in downtown Walworth before traveling down Kenosha Street to Walworth Cemetery, where post veterans conducted solemn Memorial Day observances.
Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102 marches in the 2023 Memorial Day parade around Heyer Park Square, downtown Walworth
Honor Guard members of Walworth-based Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102 patriotically process in the Post’s 2023 Memorial Day parade, seen here marching around the Heyer Park Square in downtown Walworth on May 30, en route to solemn Memorial Day observances at Walworth Cemetery. Pictured are Post Commander Peter Kahl, Post Vice Commander Mark Chalchoff, Bob Ahern, Post Chaplain David Grever, Rich Miller, Brian Zielinski, Adam Basso and Alex O’dierno. Post 102 Memorial Day activities included patriotic parades in Walworth and Fontana, in addition to solemn Memorial Day observances at Cobblestone Cemetery and Brick Church Cemetery in the Town of Walworth, Walworth Cemetery in the Village of Walworth, and Reid Park in Fontana.
Vintage Jeep in 2023 Memorial Way parade at Walworth
During World War II, Toledo, Ohio-based Willys-Overland Co. produced 363,000 general purpose (G.P.) or "Jeeps" for the U.S. military from 1941-1945, with the versatile go anywhere, do anything vehicles quickly becomeing a favorite of thousands of Allied soldiers around the world. A successor Jeep model was built in 1950-1951 for use in the Korean War. This restored Jeep was driven in Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102's May 29 Memorial Day parade in memory of U.S. Air Force veteran Donald A. Sherman (1901-2001).
American Legion Post 102 Poppy Princess Meleah Special rides in Memorial Day parade at Walworth
Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102's 2023 Poppy Princess Meleah Special rides in the 2023 Memorial Day parade through downtown Walworth on May 29, escorted by Post 102 veterans Cliff Erkfitz and Frank Breneisen (driving). Meleah is the daughter of Joe and Jennifer Special and the granddaughter of World War II veteran Peter Special.
The Big Foot Marching Band processes in Walworth's 2023 Memorial Day parade
The Big Foot Union High School Marching Band processes around the Heyer Park Square in downtown Walworth on Monday, May 29 as part of the Memorial Day parade conducted by Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102. The parade route extended from downtown Walworth to Walworth Cemetery, where Post 102 veterans conducted solemn Memorial Day observances.
The Big Foot Union High School Marching Band performs patriotic music in the 2023 Memorial Day parade at Walworth
The Big Foot Union High School Marching Band performs patriotic music selections as it processes around the Heyer Park Square in downtown Walworth on Monday, May 29 as part of the Memorial Day parade conducted by Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102. The parade route extended from downtown Walworth to Walworth Cemetery, where Post 102 veterans conducted solemn Memorial Day observances.
Walworth Wildcats Marching Band processes through downtown Walworth on Memorial Day
The Walworth Elementary School Wildcats Marching Band processes through downtown Walworth on Monday, May 29 as it marches around Heyer Park Square during Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102's Memorial Day parade.
Walworth Elementary School Wildcats Marching Band perform in Walworth's Memorial Day parade
The Walworth Elementary School Wildcats Marching Band performs patriotic music on Monday, May 29 as it marches around Heyer Park Square in downtown Walworth during Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102’s Memorial Day parade.
Walworth Fire & Rescue ambulance wraps up 2023 Memorial Day parade in Walworth
The Walworth Fire & Rescue ambulance concludes Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102's Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 29. Beginning on Kenosha Street near Walworth Elementary School, the parade circled Heyer Park Square in downtown Walworth before traveling down Kenosha Street to Walworth Cemetery, where post veterans conducted solemn Memorial Day observances.
