Friday, October 20, 2023 – 6:00 PM DeKalb ELKS Lodge #765 – 209 S Annie Glidden Road-DeKalb, IL
Duty, Honor, Country – We Salute our Veterans and Military
• Welcome by local dignitaries and community leaders
• Honoring various people and organizations that helped build the memorial
• Installation of 100 new memorial bricks
• New US Army bench sponsored by “The Setchell Family”
• New addition to the World War I Memorial
• Honoring Eagle Scout Aidric Walters
• Music by Ron Lofton
• New Memorial Honoring Women Veterans
NOTE: Everyone is invited to a welcome reception inside the ELKS Lodge following the ceremony.
• Hosted by the DeKalb ELKS and Jerry Evans, Exalted Ruler for the DeKalb ELKS, and
USAF Veteran Michael Embrey, the creator of the DeKalb Veteran Memorial.
~ For more information about the DeKalb ELKS Lodge and membership, please contact Jerry Evans at evans429@aol.com – 815-756-6912
~ For more information about the DeKalb Veteran Memorial, please contact Michael Embrey at FunMEevents@aol.com – 815-756-1263
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