St. Louis region to honor service members on Memorial Day

St. Louis region to honor service members on Memorial Day

ST. LOUIS - Communities across the St. Louis region are coming together this Memorial Day to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. In Belleville, the annual Memorial Day parade runs from 10 to 11 a.m., starting at North Third and A Street and ending at Walnut Hill Cemetery, where a ceremony will follow. Alton hosts the country's longest-running Memorial Day parade, now in its 158th year, beginning at 10 a.m. from Alton M…

Sights from Belleville's Memorial Day remembrance

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St. Louis Scouts place 8,000 flags at Jewish veteran graves in Memorial Day tribute

For more than 40 years, St. Louis area scouts have placed flags at Jewish veterans’ graves on Memorial Day weekend. “We have 400 scouts participating at every Jewish cemetery today,” said Steve Sobelman, who coordinated the event at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City where nearly 1,800 flags were placed. The project, known as St. Louis Memorial Day Scout Good Turn, placed more than 8,000 flags on Sunday, May 25. All photos by Bill Mot…