Memorial Day weekend tends to be the unofficial beginning of summer, and Arlington Heights, Barrington, Buffalo Grove and Lake Zurich are bringing in the season with special events.
Arlington Heights
American Legion and Veterans Memorial Committee of Arlington Heights organized the 105th annual Memorial Day parade set to take place Monday, the village of Arlington Heights’ website states. According to the website, the parade starts at 9:30 a.m. at Arlington Heights Road and Sigwalt Street, goes west to Sigwalt, turns north on Dunton Avenue, turns west on Euclid Avenue, and goes south on Chestnut Avenue.
The parade concludes at Memorial Park, where the Memorial Day ceremony is at 11 a.m.
“At the end of the parade, the Memorial Day ceremony honors and remembers all those who have given their lives for our freedoms – especially Arlington’s fallen heroes – the 59 young men from our town who died in the service of our nation from the Civil War through Afghanistan,” officials stated on the website.
A list of veterans’ names who have died in the preceding 12 months will be read at this ceremony, the website states.
Barrington
The 15th annual Barrington Art Festival is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Cook and Station streets, according to the village’s Facebook page.
“Start your family or friend’s day downtown with coffee and breakfast, then soak in unique art from 125-plus artists at this long-cherished community tradition,” officials stated on Facebook.
According to Amdur Productions’ website, the event includes live painting classes, live art demonstrations, live music, a face painting tent and the Kids Art Zone with art fest bingo, spin art, sand sculpture, coloring and drawing.
Barrington’s Memorial Day parade begins at 10:30 a.m. Monday, stepping off from Veterans Memorial Park on Park
Avenue, then proceeding west on Main Street, left on Dundee Avenue and right into Evergreen Cemetery, the village website states.
According to the village website, the Memorial Day ceremony at Evergreen Cemetery follows the parade.
“Come together with the community to pay tribute to those who have sacrificed for our nation,” officials stated on the village’s Facebook page.
Buffalo Grove
The annual Memorial Day service begins at 11 a.m. Monday at Knopf Cemetery, 20685 Arlington Heights
Road, according to the Kingswood United Methodist Church website.
“Every Memorial Day, Kingswood holds a service at the cemetery to commemorate those who have
gone before us,” officials stated on the website.
According to the website, there will be special readings, music, a guest speaker from the Naval Station Great Lakes and a time of remembering those who lost their lives in service to the nation. The Memorial Day service at Knopf also traditionally includes prayers and a Boy Scouts’ American flag retirement ceremony, the website states.
“The event aims to provide the community with an opportunity to pause our busy lives and reflect on loved ones we have lost as well as those who gave their lives for our freedom,” Kingswood officials stated on the website.
The Buffalo Grove Police Department will be at the event to direct and assist with parking, the website states.
Lake Zurich
The Memorial Day parade is back, the village of Lake Zurich’s website states. According to the website, the event starts at 10 a.m. Monday at Lake Zurich Post 964, 51 Lions Drive. The route will have the parade wind west on Main Street, turn south on Old Rand Road and finish at the Veterans Memorial, 200 Mohawk Trail, in front of the Lake Zurich Police Department, where a ceremony begins around 10:45 a.m.
The post and Lake Zurich Mayor Tom Poynton, a U.S. Army veteran, shared a notice on the village’s Facebook page.
“Most of our members live within 30 minutes of our post. We were unable to have a parade for the past four years due to COVID and street repairs. Now … we are marching again. We need all post members to be present,” officials stated in the notice.
No more than three hours of help are requested, the notice states.
“This is your chance to remember our deceased service members,” officials stated in the notice.
