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Elmhurst planning Memorial Day 'convoy'

Posted May 12, 2020 1:00 am

Daily Herald report

Elmhurst will celebrate Memorial Day with a 2020 Always Remember Memorial Day Convoy featuring first-responder emergency vehicles and preselected special service and military vehicles.

The convoy will begin at 10 a.m. and follow a 16-mile route through the city that will take it through each ward.

Residents are being asked to decorate their front yard with a flag and/or ribbons on parkway trees. Ribbons will be available to pick up for a donation from noon to 1 p.m. each day at the Elmhurst American Legion, 310 W. Butterfield Road. Ribbons also can be purchased on the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce website for no-contact home delivery.

Also, at 5 p.m. on Memorial Day, a prerecorded ceremony along with footage from the convoy will be available to watch on Elmhurst TV's YouTube page.

The route will be within a quarter-mile walk from most any home in Elmhurst and will traverse many open public parking lots. Residents are urged to follow social distancing and other safety measures.

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