The Memorial Day Parade will proceed at 9:00 AM north on 7th St. to Charles St., Charles St. to State St. units will then travel west on State St. and turn north on Wyman St. and then proceed north to Beattie Park where the parade will end.

Once the parade has ended N. Wyman St will remain closed and the Memorial Day Program will begin. It will conclude the ceremony with a moment of silence followed by a Memorial Rose ceremony and the playing of Taps by Montford Point Marines, Beloit-Rockford Chapter # 41 President, Stanley “Curly” Thompson.

The Memorial Day activities will continue with the annual riverside Sinking of the Ship Ceremony including the reading of General Order #11, a wreath presentation, a 21-gun salute by the Rockford Detachment Marine Corp League, and the sinking of the ship presented by the Navy Club Ship #1 on the river bank behind the Luther Center 113 N Wyman St.