Memorial Day
HEIDI DESCH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 7 years, 7 months AGO
Whitefish Boy Scouts lead the Memorial Day parade Monday afternoon across the Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Whitefish River. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
Participants in the Memorial Day parade Monday smile while riding down Second Street. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
A car makes its way down Second Street Monday afternoon for the annual Memorial Day Parade. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
A wreath is dropped into the Whitefish River from the Veteran Memorial Bridge Monday afternoon during the annual Memorial Day parade. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
The Whitefish High School Drumline marches Monday in the Memorial Day parade. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
A vehicle drives in Monday afternoon in the Memorial Day parde down Second Street. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
Heidi Desch is features editor and covers Flathead County for the Daily Inter Lake. She previously served as managing editor of the Whitefish Pilot, spending 10 years at the newspaper and earning honors as best weekly newspaper in Montana. She was a reporter for the Hungry Horse News and has served as interim editor for The Western News and Bigfork Eagle. She is a graduate of the University of Montana. She can be reached at [email protected] or 406-758-4421. | May 28, 2018 4:27 PM
The Whitefish VFW Post 276 held a Memorial Day parade Monday afternoon through downtown.
Marchers and vehicles made their way along Second Street before pausing on the Veterans Memorial Bridge for a wreath laying ceremony, where a wreath was dropped into the Whitefish River.
The parade continued to the Whitefish Cemetery for a ceremony.
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