The Shawano County Historical Society and the Shawano Parks and Recreation Department, in cooperation with the Shawano American Legion, Veterans of Foreign War, and AMVETS, will be presenting another program in the Headstones series on the Shawano veterans of the Korean War at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Shawano.
Starting in front of the chapel, historical society representatives will give a brief talk on the cause of the war and then bring to life five Shawano veterans who fought in that war, including Orline Heling, Fredrick Melhorn, Oliver W. Hottenstein, Orle S. Bergner and Floyd Hartwig.
Docents will tell their stories by these lantern-lit gravesites so the public can understand what it was like to fight in this war to stop communism and free the South Korean people.
The evening will with a 21-gun salute, blowing of taps and handing a folded American flag to a veteran’s widow. After, the chapel will open for people to see a display of artifacts from the time period. The event will last about 90 minutes.
Headstones event looks at Korean War veterans
