Memorial Day Ceremony In Orland Park Will Go Virtual

ORLAND PARK, IL — After originally planning to move forward with this year's Memorial Day ceremony as they had in years past, the village of Orland Park has now instead decided to not allow the public to attend. Due to the coronavirus outbreak and in order to ensure social distancing is practiced, the village confirmed Wednesday they are instead encouraging residents to attend the ceremony "virtually."

That means the ceremony, set for 11 a.m. on the Monday, May 25 holiday, will be broadcast live on the Village of Orland Park YouTube channel.

Those who are subscribed to the Village YouTube channel will be automatically notified of the live broadcast. For those not available at that time, a recording will be available on YouTube and the village's other social media accounts afterward. Locally it can also be found on the Comcast Channel 4 cable access channel and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99.

The names of the eight veterans that have been recently added to the Village’s granite wall will be read aloud during the ceremony. Those veterans are: Alfredo “Fred” Garza Guerra; U.S. Army 1942–1945, Stanley “Stash” Howaniec; U.S. Army 1965–1967, Eugene J. Kalck; U.S. Army 1943–1945, Frank C. Rimkus; U.S. Navy 1942–1945, Louis W. Rimkus; U.S. Army 1943–1945, Thomas H. Tupa; U.S. Army 1970–1972, Rocco Vari; U.S. Marine Corp 1956–1962 and Robert Zylka; U.S. Navy 1963–1969.