2023 Memorial Day events in Carlton County

Memorial Day ceremony at Cloquet’s Veterans Park. — Commanders and presidents of local VFW and American Legion posts and auxiliaries lay several wreaths at the base of the flagpole at Cloquet’s Veterans Park during the 2022 Memorial Day ceremony.

By Staff reports

May 24, 2023 at 7:00 PM

CLOQUET — Memorial Day weekend will kick off Saturday, May 27, with a ceremony to honor one of Cloquet's fallen soldiers.

At 1 p.m. Saturday, members of the Carlton County Historical Society and Hebert-Kennedy VFW Post #3979 will dedicate a grave marker in Cloquet's Hillcrest Cemetery to Wallace Kennedy. Kennedy, who fought during WWII, was buried in North Africa and does not have a local grave marker. The VFW, which is named after Kennedy and his brother, is donating the marker.

Following the dedication, participants are invited to the Cloquet VFW for a short program and the historical society’s annual meeting, as well as refreshments.

Tester Niemi Post #562 (Brookston)

9 a.m., Arrowhead Cemetery
9:25 a.m., Perch Lake Cemetery
9:45 a.m., St. John's Cemetery
10:05 a.m., Industrial Cemetery
10:25 a.m., Independence Cemetery
10:40 a.m., Alborn (Spruce Hill) Cemetery
11:05 a.m., Indian Hill Cemetery
11:15 a.m., Culver Cemetery
11:45 a.m., Veterans Memorial Park, Brookston

Nicholson-Sellgren VFW Post #2962 (Carlton)

7 a.m., leave club
7:45 a.m., Eagle Lake Cemetery
8:10 a.m., Cromwell Cemetery
8:50 a.m., Atkinson Cemetery
9:30 a.m., Elim Lutheran Church Cemetery
9:55 a.m., Oak Lake Cemetery
10:25 a.m., Nickerson Cemetery
11:05 a.m., St. John's Cemetery
11:30 a.m., Carlton

Cloquet

VFW Post #3979, American Legion Post #262, DAV Chapter 18, American Ex-Prisoners of War and their auxiliaries:

7:30 a.m., Bus reports to VFW
8:25 a.m., Highway 210, Sawyer
8:30 a.m., St. Mary and Joseph, Sawyer
8:45 a.m., Holy Family Mission
9:15 a.m., Maple Grove Cemetery
9:30 a.m., New Calvary Cemetery
9:50 a.m., Hill between old cemeteries above Pinehurst Park
Short stop at the VFW for a 15-minute break
10:20 a.m., Apostolic Church, Esko
10:45 a.m., St. Mathews, North Cloquet Road
11:05 a.m., Pine River, North Highway 33
11:30 a.m., Veterans Park, Cloquet

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2023 Memorial Day events in Carlton County

The following are schedules for services at area cemeteries. Know of any we missed? Email us at news@pinejournal.com.

Tester Niemi Post #562 (Brookston)

Nicholson-Sellgren VFW Post #2962 (Carlton)

Cloquet