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WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR CONLEY MEDIA JULY 2022 5 By Melanie Boyung Special to the Daily News WASHINGTON COUNTY – Wednesday, July 27 will be Military Day at the Wash- ington County Fair, recog- nizing and honoring mili- tary members and veterans for their service to the nation. The Washington County Fair will run from Tuesday, July 26 until Sunday, July 31 at the county fairgrounds at Highway P and Pleas with Military Day celebrated on the second day. For Military Day, members of the mili- tary with identification will receive free admission to the county fair for them- selves and a guest. The festivities to honor the military will begin with the Opening Ceremony at 9 a.m. The Opening Ceremony will be held outside the West Bend Mutual Insur- ance Pavilion building at the fairgrounds. Kellie Boone, executive director of the Washington County Fair Park and Conference Center, said the ceremony would include a color guard and the flag raising, with the National Anthem being played. According to the fair's schedule, the rest of the Military Day activities will happen in the Ziegler Fami- ly Expo Building. • From 11:30 a.m. until noon, there will be a Fallen Soldiers Flag Folding demonstration. • From 12:45 pm. to 1:30 p.m., the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight group will present information on the program, which raises money for organized trips, on which Stars and Stripes flies veterans to Washing- ton DC to see the memorials for the wars they fought in. • At 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m., Wisconsin's Forgotten Hero. "It's a presentation that a gentleman gives on Lt. Karl Kellner, who was from Wis- consin and was lost in WWII," Boone said. "It's a very interesting presentation," she added. • From 3:30 to 4 p.m., WWII veteran spotlight presentation. • 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., The Sil- verbrook Dance Team will perform. • From 5 to 7:30 p.m., the 4-H Clothing Revue. Boone said that the revue is the time when 4-H participants who entered the fair's cloth- ing categories can present their work to be seen. • 8:15 p.m., Flag Retire- ment ceremony. The Military Day events at this year's Washington County Fair are sponsored by Delta Defense, according to fair information. Military Day at the fair Photo courtesy of the Washington County Fair The Flag Folding ceremony during the 2021 Washington County Fair, held on Military Day. Military Day will be on July 27 at the 2022 Washington County Fair.

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