White Chapel to Host V-J Day Ceremony on Sunday

 is hosting its 64^th annual V-J Day remembrance ceremony at noon on Sunday, August 5.  Veterans, their families and the general public are invited to attend this special event featuring the Gold Star Mothers and members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).

The Gold Star Mothers and members of the VFW will march down the boulevard at White Chapel, which features more than 400 American flags, to the historic WWII Four Freedoms Memorial. The memorial was constructed for the 1948 V-J Day memorial, in which 115 soldiers and sailors were laid to rest in the largest peacetime mass burial in the history of the United States.  

There are a total of 322 WWII soldiers and sailors killed in action who were returned from overseas and laid to rest surrounding the memorial. There are thousands of other WWII veterans who are laid to rest at White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery.

“It is important to acknowledge the heroic efforts of our veterans,“ White Chapel Vice President David R. Krall said. “Our V-J Day ceremony is a heartwarming tribute to the WWII soldiers and sailors who made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve our freedom.  

"During the ceremony, the Gold Star Mothers place wreathes at the historic WWII Four Freedoms Memorial.  It is a special opportunity for the community to gather and remember our WWII heroes.”

Regarded as Michigan’s veterans’ cemetery, White Chapel’s WWII Four Freedoms Memorial was inspired by President Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms – jointly initiated with Winston Churchill in the historic Atlantic Charter.  The Memorial is sculpted in imperishable marble in one of White Chapel’s most impressive memorials.

For more information on the V-J Day Ceremony, call 248-362-7670 or visit www.whitechapelcemetery.com.

Source: White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery