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🇺🇸 Appleton Memorial Day Parade & “Moment of Remembrance” Ceremony – Official Event
May 25 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
The 2026 Appleton Memorial Day Parade and “Moment of Remembrance” Ceremony will be on Monday, May 25, 2026.
At 8:58 AM, from the corner of College Avenue and Appleton Street in downtown Appleton, the Appleton City Band will play the National Anthem.
At 9:00 AM, a joint veteran service organization rifle squad will fire one blank round to start the Parade.
The Parade heads east on College Ave., turns north on Meade St., east on Pacific St. and disbands on Owaissa Street in front of the historic Riverside Cemetery.
The Fox Valley Veterans Council, Fast Signs, and Great Northern Corporation will partner again to create a special tribute for Memorial Day.
The Fox Valley Veterans Council has long maintained a list of Outagamie County servicemen and women who perished while serving in the United States military from the Civil War to the present. In 2022, Fast Signs designed and produced large banners to display these names for the parade. Great Northern Corporation will drive the banners through the Appleton Memorial Day Parade on a semi-truck, which will ultimately park outside the entrance of Riverside Cemetery. Parade spectators are encouraged to read the names of the fallen servicemen and women, remember their sacrifice, and reflect upon their service.
Immediately following the end of the parade, the City of Appleton’s “Moment of Remembrance” Ceremony will commence inside the historic Riverside Cemetery (714 N. Owaissa St. in Appleton) at the George D. Eggleston, G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) plot to honor the military servicemen and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country.
The program will feature poignant speeches and poems delivered by Appleton High School students; remarks from Appleton Mayor Jake Woodford, Chaplain Bob Johnson of Appleton American Legion Post No. 38, and our master of ceremonies; and patriotic music, including live performances from the MacDowell Male Chorus and the Appleton City Band. Color and honor guards from various local veteran service organizations will also participate. The ceremony will end traditionally: a rifle salute to our fallen servicemen and women will be performed by members of Appleton American Legion Post No. 38 and Appleton VFW Post 2778. A bugler from the Appleton City Band will play “Taps” to close the “Moment of Remembrance”.
A short, second ceremony will take place after the City’s ceremony, at the Appleton American Legion Post 38 plot. This plot is located at the entrance of the St. Joseph Cemetery within Riverside Cemetery.
Complete event information can be found at this link: https://www.appletonwi.gov/community/appleton_parades/memorial_day.php
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Parking Restrictions
Parking Restrictions:
Downtown parking meters along the staging and parade route will be bagged late Sunday night into early Monday morning. Parking restrictions will be enforced with ticketing and towing beginning at 2AM Monday.
No Parking signs along Meade Street and Pacific Street are already posted and will also be enforced beginning at 2AM Monday.
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