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Memorial Day at Lakewood Cemetery Minneapolis

The annual event includes traditional services, tours and trolley rides.

Lakewood Cemetery hosts this annual service, which starts at 10:30 a.m. Monday (3500 Hennepin Ave. S., Minneapolis).

The cemetery also hosts a variety of guided tours, including Civil War and historical women of Minneapolis tours. There will also be crafts for kids, music and complimentary refreshments.

If it rains, the 10:30 a.m. service will be held in the chapel. Some of the other events will still be held in case of rain. Call Lakewood at (612) 822-2171 for information that day.

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  • Memorial Day service - 10:30 a.m.
  • Tours, Family & Educational Activities - Noon to 3:00 p.m.
  • Civil War tours - Noon to 3:00 p.m. 
  • "Women in Minneapolis history," special walking tours - Noon to 3:00 p.m. 
  • Lakewood’s "History, Sculpture & Gardens" trolley tours - Noon to 3:00 p.m. 
  • Harp & flute concert - Noon 
  • "History of Lakewood Cemetery" slide presentation - 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. 
  • Strings quartet concert - 2:00 p.m. 
  • Complimentary refreshments - Noon to 3:00 p.m.
  • Children’s arts & crafts activity - Noon to 3:00 p.m. 
  • Historic streetcar line - 9:00 a.m. to dusk 
  • "Lakewood Chapel: 1910 to Today" exhibit, lower level of the Lakewood Chapel - 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  • "History of Lakewood" exhibit, lower level of the Lakewood Chapel - 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

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