Leelanau Memorial Day Observances
The Leelanau Enterprise has a feature on two Memorial Day ceremonies. On Monday at 9:30 AM at the County Government Center (near Suttons Bay) retired Brigadier Gen. Charles F. Briggs, (Ret.) will speak and there will also be a flag raising ceremony.
At 10:30 at the Leelanau Township Cemetery in Northport , there will be a speech from retired Ford executive Jerry Dennis, patriotic music from the Village Voices and Northport Community Band.
There’s also a story about plans for a veteran’s memorial at the new courthouse.
The photo is from Leonard Overmeyer of Overmyer Historicals. The author of Forest Haven Soldiers has some great Civil War history and photos.
This rare book was filled with wonderful local histories and a great feel for the natural environment of the region that tide in well with the pioneer veterans of the Lake-shore. Overmyer wrote:
“Then, as now, they heard the morning songs of the whippoorwills among the forests of Sleeping Bear Bay; Loons echoed from the secluded beaches of Port Oneida, to the inland lakes of Otter Creek; and at sunset, the cry of the Bald Eagle filled the North Manitou skies.” – L. G. Overmyer, Forest Haven Soldiers
Anyone who has visited this region will realize how well this local author captured the setting that these veterans fought and died for. A rumored up-dated edition will be a welcome read down the road…