Winfield expands Memorial Day ceremony for America’s 250th anniversary

This year’s Winfield Memorial Day ceremony has been expanded as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebration.

The ceremony will begin at 8 a.m. Monday, May 25, at Creekside Park, 0S211 Winfield Road. Guest speaker will be retired U.S. Army Ranger Michael Goodale who fought in the October 1993 Somalia battle depicted in the movie “Black Hawk Down.”

The Winfield Boy Scouts will be conducting the opening ceremony and the Winfield Middle School band will perform the national anthem.

Cantigny First Division Museum will display of five trunks of artifacts and uniforms from the Revolutionary, Civil War, World War I, and Desert Storm. There also will be reenactors for both the Revolutionary War and Civil War.

There will also be a tent with tables, chairs and refreshments. Visit villageofwinfield.com.