Milwaukee Memorial Day Parade 2013 Information

Milwaukee's 148^th Memorial Day Parade is set to get-underway on Monday. The annual event is one of the city's largest and most attended gatherings, lining thousands of spectators along the parade route.

Honoring the service men and women who have fallen during combat, this year's parade will feature a saluting of Milwaukee County Veteran of the Year Mike Malloy. The usual color guards, bands, military vehicles, and marching units will also be in procession, and an after ceremony will lay wreaths for POW-MIA soldiers. A special honor to service women from past and present will be the special theme of 2013's parade.

The Memorial Day Parade will begin at 2PM on Monday, May 27^th at the corner of 4^th Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The event will last approximately an hour-and-a-half, ending at the Veterans Park War Memorial Center at 3:30PM. The wreath-laying ceremony will begin immediately thereafter. Parking for the event will be most readily available at the Grand Avenue Mall parking structures on 2^nd and Michigan and 4^th and Wells.