Many families mark Memorial Day with picnics, parades and planting flowers. Memorial Day provides a four day weekend, and a time to reflect on our family's traditions.
When I was a child, it was tradition to cut lilacs and visit the cemeteries in Brookfield. At that time Brookfield seemed so far away. We visited the grave sites of my grandparents at Wisconsin Memorial, and the grave sites of my great-grandparents at Oak Hill Cemetery. The small Oak Hill Cemetery was not well tended. Poison Ivy was prevalent. We would scrub ourselves with homemade lye soap when we got home.
When I visited Oak Hill Cemetery last year for its Memorial Day Service, I learned that the grounds had been maintained through the kindness of neighbors. The annual Memorial Day Service (conducted by the Behling-Kutchera American Legion Post 296) takes place Monday, May 26 at 10 a.m.
Take time to visit this historic cemetery at 3500 N. Brookfield Rd and reflect on your family's history.
