“Always Remember” Monday, May 27, 2019, at 9:30 A.M
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Elmhurst dedicates this parade Elmhurst’s 101st Annual to the men and women who serve Memorial Day Parade our nation in time of war and peace “Always Remember” Monday, May 27, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. Their Sacrifices cannot go unnoticed; in Downtown Elmhurst their courage unappreciated To those who served we owe so much —our liberty, our freedom, our democracy/ Our way of life exits today because of what they did. To those who gave when asked, to those who came when called, To those who served when needed, to those who died to defend... We Give Our Thanks 2019 Elmhurst Memorial Day Parade Committee Elmhurst American Legion THB Post 187 City of Elmhurst Commander John A. Scudder Police Department Ralph P. Pechanio (Parade Co-Chair) Police Chief Michael Ruth Sergeant-At-Arms William R. Shanklin Sgt. Steve Mandat Secretly deployed during the Gulf War, U.S. Army Capt. Lori Tompos commanded Senior Vice Commander Rus Strahan a PATRIOT Missile System Battery as an artillery officer with the 42nd Army Air Fire Department and Missle Defense Command (AADCOM). Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry Fire Chief Thomas K. Freeman Deputy Fire Chief Bill Anaszewicz President and CEO John R. Quigley (Parade Co-Chair) Student Interns Anna Miles and Lesly Aviles Department of Public Works Tony Cuzzone Elmhurst College Post-Parade Military Ceremony Veteran Support Coordinator Jacob Hill True Patriots Care Veterans Memorial, Wilder Park President Jerry Christopherson Elmhurst Park District Facility Supervisor Mike Monell York Radio Club Ken Kalan Event funding provided by Elmhurst Veterans Memorial Commission Chairman Ralph P. Pechanio (Parade Co-Chair) William R. Shanklin Mike Monell Memorial Day Military Ceremony Veterans Memorial, Wilder Park Special Thanks For Assisting Our Organizers Prelude Dismiss the Rifle Squad City of Elmhurst Elmhurst Park District Musical Selections by Antioch Brass Quintet and Mayor Steve Morley Executive Director Jim Rogers Brian Costello, Shannon Rovers Memorial Day Speaker Elmhurst Mayor Steve Morley City Clerk Patty Spencer Chief Horticulturalist Dave Price Bugle Call Assembly City Treasurer Elaine Libovicz Facilities Supervisor Mike Monell Musical Selection City Manager James Grabowski Park Board of Commissioners Post the Color Guard and Rifle Squad by Men of Spirito! Assistant City Manager Michael Kopp President Vince Spaeth Elmhurst American Legion THB Post 187 Administrative Secretaries Vice President Kevin Graf Introduction of Military Officers Ellen Cyprian, Jenny Foxe and Breanne White Doug Ennis Post KIA Flag William R. Shanklin Mary E. Kies Jeff Agonath, Viet Now, DuPage County Chapter City Council Aldermen Claire Kubiesa Grand Marshal Marti Deuter (1st Ward) Pledge of Allegiance Lori Tompos, Capt., U.S. Army (Retired) Tim Sheehan Mark Sabatino (1st Ward) John Scudder, Commander, Introduction and Banner Presentation by Carolyn Ubriaco Norman Leader (2nd Ward) Elmhurst American Legion THB Post 187 Parade Committee Co-Chairs Special Recognition: The Meaning of THB Bob Dunn (2nd Ward) John R. Quigley, Elmhurst Chamber, and rd Elmhurst Schools Ralph P. Pechanio, Chair, Elmhurst Veterans Dannee Polomsky (3 Ward) Musical Selection rd Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 Memorial Commission Michael Bram (3 Ward) The Star Spangled Banner by Men of Spirito! th York Community High School Kevin York (4 Ward) Musical Selections th Welcome Noel Talluto (4 Ward) Elmhurst Scouts by bagpiper Brian Costello and Men of Spirito! th Tina Park (5 Ward) William R. Shanklin – Master of Ceremonies Scott Levin (5th Ward) Elmhurst Veterans Rus Strahan, Senior Vice Commander, Wreath Laying (In Mass) Jim Kennedy (6th Ward) Memorial Commission THB Post 187 – Officer of the Day Branch Songs by Antioch Brass Quintet Michael Honquest (6th Ward) Chairman Ralph P. Pechanio Robert F. Bracki, Colonel, U.S. Army th Memorial Day Prayer & Comments Martin Jensen, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Mike Brennan (7 Ward) Reverend Stanley Harding Brigadier General John Wendel, U.S. Air Force Mark A. Mulliner (7th Ward) Mike Monell John Burch, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army, WWII John Wendel, Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force Mark A. Mulliner Introduction of Special Guest Fire Department William R. Shanklin Michael J. O’Koniewski, Lt. Colonel, U.S. Air Fire Chief Thomas K. Freeman Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United Force Paul V. Tilton States (as portrayed by Kevin Wood) Michael R. Bracki, Major, U.S. Air Force Police Department David A. Frey, Commander, USNR Police Chief Michael Ruth Kiwanis Club of Elmhurst Special Presentation Edwin H. Walker IV, Major, U.S. Marine Corps (Parade Marshals) Alan Haraf, Master Chief, U.S. Coast Guard Public Works Department True Patriots Care Director Howard Killian Military Chauffers Jerry Christopherson, President Other Wreaths by Role of Remembrance Capt. Stephen Tompos (Grand Marshal) Mayor Morley Comcast Cable Services John Burch (U.S. Army) Musical Selection American Legion Elmhurst Our Kind of Town Paul Koch of Larry Roesch Family Auto Group by Brian Costello American Legion Auxiliary Producer Joe Piscitelli (U.S. Air Force) Special Recognition Dan Kordik (U.S. Navy) Cannon Volley Elmhurst College Ahlgrim Funeral Home, Gibbons Funeral Home Tom Becvar (U.S. Marines) 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Co. D– Office of Facilities Management And Pedersen-Ryberg Mortuary Civil War re-enactors Rob Chana (U.S. Coast Guard) Reading of the names of the deceased by Bruce Mather, Executive Director John R. Quigley, President and CEO, Jacob Hill, Veteran Support Coordinator Benediction Parade Announcers Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry Reverend Stanley Harding, Pastor Emeritus, Ken Bartels, Community Bank of Elmhurst York Community High School Band drummer Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity Immanuel Lutheran Church Tony Cuzzone, Department of Public Works, Special prayer honoring our deceased war veterans Rifle Squad 3 Round Volley Student Veterans Elmhurst Elmhurst Police Department members Musical Selection (Parade Marshals) Vitals Signs USA, Inc. by Chorus of DuPage Don Meyers Taps York Community High School Band trumpeters Retire the Colors Army Captain Is Grand Marshal A Day of Remembrance in Elmhurst The Grand Marshal for Elmhurst’s 101st Memorial Day Parade is Parade musical and/or drill groups Elmhurst resident Lori Kristine Hess Tompos, a Desert Storm and Gulf All About The Parade Some 90 entries (see centerspread) Monday, May 27, will be are the Antioch Brass Quintet, Carver War combat veteran while serving as a United States Army Captain in Military Academy Drill Team and Drum Air Defense Artillery—the first female Grand Marshal in this Parade’s will march in Elmhurst’s 101st Annual a day of remembrance in Memorial Day Parade, led by Grand Corps, Celebration Brass, Chicago storied history. Elmhurst—to honor the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Chorus of “I am very appreciative and humbled by the choice to have me Marshal Lori Tompos, a Desert Storm and Gulf War combat veteran in the men and women of our DuPage, Patton Academy (Farragut represent our awesome Elmhurst community in the Memorial Day Parade Career Academy) JROTC Drill and as the Grand Marshal,” stated Capt. Tompos. United States Army and resident of nation’s armed forces, Elmhurst. Drums Team and West Town Chorus. Among the first women to serve in combat, then-Lieutenant Tompos both past and present. The parade will step off at 9:30 a.m. commanded a PATRIOT Missile System Battery as an artillery officer Capt. Tompos is the first female to nd Memorial Day reminds from York Road and Third Street, and with the 32 Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AADCOM) serve as the Parade’s Grand Marshal. The 2019 Parade is presented by us that the freedoms we concludes with a Military Ceremony at deployed out of Germany. Her active duty ran from May of 1989 to June the Veterans Memorial in Wilder Park. of 1992, followed by service in the U.S. Army Reserves into January of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Elmhurst American Legion so often take for granted Starting from Third Street, the parade 1994. will head south on York Street to “I am proud of my service to our country,” stated Capt. Tompos, THB Post 187, City of Elmhurst and were purchased through Elmhurst Park District. Second Street, veer east along Robert “and proud to lead the teams with which I had the privilege of working.” the sacrifices of brave Palmer Drive through the underpass and Capt. Tompos also was among the first 800-some women to graduate American Legion THB Post 187 is also celebrating its Centennial in 2019. men and women west back to York Street, south on York from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (1985-89), where she Street to Church Street, west on Church earned a Bachelor of Science degree. Members of the Kiwanis Club of throughout America’s Elmhurst will again serve as Parade Street to Prospect Avenue and north on As the first person from her unit and her Brigade deployed to the Gulf history. Prospect Avenue past the Veterans War, then-Lt. Tompos was tasked with the classified “SECRET” mission Marshals—assisted by Veterans of Elmhurst College—and also will march Memorial. of setting up a PATRIOT Missile site, as part of an advanced party that included 11 infantrymen assigned to secure a perimeter and protect her. carrying their giant U.S. flag. Then-Lt. Tompos was among the few officers certified in the Ralph P. Pechanio, Chairman of the Elmhurst Veterans Post-Parade Memorial PATRIOT, so she was given charge of the “day shift” at the missile site, Memorial Commission and a long-time member of the The Military Ceremony (see inside back cover) at the Capt. Lori Tompos as West Point graduate... whose 150 soldiers were tasked with protecting an airbase and members Kiwanis Club of Elmhurst, and John R. Quigley, Elmhurst Veterans Memorial will feature inspirational of the Saudi Arabia Royal family. Elmhurst Chamber President and CEO, are the Parade speeches by Elmhurst Mayor Steve Morley and others, Capt.