Over 200 community members and military veterans filled the Sturgeon Bay Fire Department building on Monday morning to honor and mourn the hundreds of Door County lives lost in service and battle during past wars. 

Brief ceremonies were conducted at Bayside Cemetery, St. Joseph’s Cemetery, and Sturgeon Bay Health Services before the main Memorial Day service in the fire department’s headquarters.

Door County Veterans Officer Beth Van Oss shared what Memorial Day means to her and the story of First Class Navy seaman Emery Martin Weber who died in World War II after being captured by the Japanese.  

The reading of names of local veterans who have fallen in wars was followed by the playing of taps.

The Peninsula Symphonic Band under the direction of Jason Palmer played the official songs of each military branch and patriotic songs before and after the service.