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Loveland, Ohio Memorial Day Program on Monday, May 26

Loveland, Ohio – The City of Loveland’s Veterans Committee will hold the 2025 Memorial Day Program on Monday, May 26. The guest speaker will be Judge Gary A. Loxley, a member of the 2021 class of the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame.

Judge Gary A. Loxley has served as a judge of the Warren County Court since 2013. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Loxley worked for four years in private practice and nearly 15 years as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office. Judge Loxley first joined the military as an 18-year-old combat engineer in the Ohio Army National Guard. After he was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1987, he received a direct commission as an officer in the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. After 36 years of service, he retired from the Army Reserve at the rank of Colonel. His experience includes two tours of duty as a Commander, two tours of duty as a Staff Judge Advocate, and service as a Military Judge in the Army’s 1^st and 2^nd Judicial Circuits. While he was an assistant prosecutor, he was mobilized onto active duty three times in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

Parade — 9 a.m.

The event will start with a parade at 9 AM from the Loveland Elementary School at 600 Loveland Madeira Road. If you or your organization would like to be in the parade, register online.

Parade Route:
Roads will be closed approx. 8:45 AM until 10:15 AM. for the parade.
– Leaves from the Loveland Elementary School
– Travels Loveland-Madeira Road (toward Quilter’s Studio)
– Turns right on West Loveland Avenue (toward Historic Downtown)
– Turns left on Riverside Drive to Veterans Memorial

Parking:
– No parking at Tufts Schildermeyer and Schutte’s Cleaners
– Veterans Memorial parking lot will be handicap parking only
– No parking along Riverside Avenue
– View city’s parking map to see public lots in the area.

Ceremony — After Parade

Immediately following the parade, a ceremony will be held at the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial, located at the intersection of West Loveland Avenue and Riverside Drive.

Military Flyover — 9:45 AM

Cemetery Visits — Beginning at 11:15 AM

The community is invited to cemetery visits:

– Maineville Cemetery: 11:15 AM
– Union Cemetery: Noon
– Kerr Cemetery: 12:30 PM

Community Picnic — 2 PM

The community is invited to a picnic at the American Legion Post 256, 897 Oakland Road.

May 9, 2025
Memorial Day 2023 in Loveland, Ohio

Cincinnati Police Sergeant Dave Corlett will be Guest Speaker

David Miller is the Managing Editor of Loveland Magazine

by David Miller

Loveland, Ohio – Memorial Day 2023, is here and the city of Loveland, Ohio is gearing up to honor and remember the brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the United States Armed Forces. We especially honor the “Gold Star” family members. The city has planned a series of events for the day, including a program, parade, and a distinguished guest speaker.

The day starts with a parade that leaves at 9 AM from Loveland Elementary School, 600 Loveland Madeira Road, to the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial.

Immediately following the parade a Memorial Day program will take place at the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial Park. The program will include a wreath-laying ceremony, patriotic music, and a moment of silence to honor the fallen heroes. The event will be open to the public, and all are invited to attend.

The ceremony will feature a speech from Sergeant Dave Corlett, an Army veteran who served in Iraq and a 31-year member of the Cincinnati Police Department.

Sergeant Corlett is the founder of the Military Liaison Group within the Cincinnati Police Department and an instructor with the Hamilton County Mental Health Crisis Teams. He has worked with Veterans Affairs and the local court system to improve relations between military veterans and law enforcement. His efforts have been recognized by the Department of Justice (DOJ), and he was the winner of the DOJ’s 2021 L. Anthony Sutin Award for Innovative Law Enforcement and Community Partnerships.

Prior to joining the Cincinnati Police Department in 1992, Sergeant Corlett was a member of the United States Army. He was assigned to Alpha Company, 1^stBattalion, 24^th Aviation Regiment where he served in Iraq during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield.

The event will provide an opportunity for families and friends to come together and celebrate the day while remembering the sacrifices made by our service members, and “Gold Star” family members.

Loveland Magazine takes great pride in honoring and remembering the brave men and women who have served our country. This Memorial Day, we invite everyone to come together, pay tribute to the fallen heroes, and celebrate the freedom and values they have fought for and died to protect. We honor the sacrifice of so many families.

For additional information about the 2023 Memorial Day program, contact (via email) Misty Clark at Loveland City Hall at (513) 707-1437.

May 29, 2023
Celebrating Memorial Day 2023 in Loveland, Ohio

Cincinnati Police Sergeant Dave Corlett will be Guest Speaker

David Miller is the Managing Editor of Loveland Magazine

by David Miller

Loveland, Ohio – As Memorial Day 2023, Monday, May 29 approaches, the city of Loveland, Ohio is gearing up to honor and remember the brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the United States Armed Forces. We especially honor the “Gold Star” family members. The city has planned a series of events for the day, including a program, parade, and a distinguished guest speaker.

The day starts with a parade that leaves at 9 AM from Loveland Elementary School, 600 Loveland Madeira Road, to the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial. If you or your organization would like to be in the parade, registration is still open. Register online.

Immediately following the parade a Memorial Day program will take place at the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial Park. The program will include a wreath-laying ceremony, patriotic music, and a moment of silence to honor the fallen heroes. The event will be open to the public, and all are invited to attend.

The ceremony will feature a speech from Sergeant Dave Corlett, an Army veteran who served in Iraq and a 31-year member of the Cincinnati Police Department.

Sergeant Corlett is the founder of the Military Liaison Group within the Cincinnati Police Department and an instructor with the Hamilton County Mental Health Crisis Teams. He has worked with Veterans Affairs and the local court system to improve relations between military veterans and law enforcement. His efforts have been recognized by the Department of Justice (DOJ), and he was the winner of the DOJ’s 2021 L. Anthony Sutin Award for Innovative Law Enforcement and Community Partnerships.

Prior to joining the Cincinnati Police Department in 1992, Sergeant Corlett was a member of the United States Army. He was assigned to Alpha Company, 1^stBattalion, 24^th Aviation Regiment where he served in Iraq during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield.

The event will provide an opportunity for families and friends to come together and celebrate the day while remembering the sacrifices made by our service members, and “Gold Star” family members.

Loveland Magazine takes great pride in honoring and remembering the brave men and women who have served our country. This Memorial Day, we invite everyone to come together, pay tribute to the fallen heroes, and celebrate the freedom and values they have fought for and died to protect. We honor the sacrifice of so many families.

For additional information about the 2023 Memorial Day program, contact (via email) Misty Clark at Loveland City Hall at (513) 707-1437.

May 3, 2023
[2 Video Slide Shows] Loveland, Ohio’s Memorial Day in photos

by David Miller

Loveland, Ohio – Here are two video slide shows from the still photos I captured on Memorial Day. The first is of the parade and the second is photos from the ceremony. The photos were taken from West Loveland Avenue during the parade and at the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial at the corner of Riverside Drive and West Loveland Avenue in the West Loveland Historic District of Loveland.

Jun 1, 2022
Loveland Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony

The photo above is a Loveland Magazine file photo from the 2016 Loveland Memorial Day ceremony.

This year’s guest speaker for Loveland’s Memorial Dave ceremony is Bill Fee

Loveland, Ohio – A Memorial Day parade and ceremony have been planned on Monday, May 28 by the City and the American Legion Post 256. The parade will be begin at 9:00 AM beginning at the Loveland Elementary School on Loveland Madeira Road and travels to the Veterans Memorial on West Loveland Avenue where a ceremony will be held at the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial.

This year’s guest speaker is Bill Fee who spent most of his career working in Cincinnati with the E.W. Scripps Co. for 32 years, retiring in 2010 after having served as Vice President and General Manager of WCPO-TV for 12 years. He was born and raised in Cincinnati, and graduated from Walnut Hills High School in 1965.

After a year in college, at the age of 19, Fee enlisted in the Army in 1967, and volunteered for service in Vietnam. He served in combat as a rifleman in the First Infantry Division and was wounded in combat in November of 1967, and spent 10 months in three different Army hospitals, undergoing four operations to repair a damaged shoulder. After his medical discharge in 1968, he returned to college and graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a BA and MA in German Literature.

In 1984, Fee and fellow Vietnam Veteran Earl Corell co-directed the fundraising, design and dedication of the Greater Cincinnati Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Eden Park. The Memorial was dedicated in April of 1984.

Fee has served on the boards of the Boy Scouts, the Ohio Association of Broadcasters, and he is Past President of the boards of Cincinnati Public Radio and the Cincinnati and Ohio Chapters of the March of Dimes. He currently serves on the board of trustees of The Children’s home of Cincinnati, and is a volunteer with Executive Service Corps of Cincinnati and United Way.

In 2016, Fee published his first book, Memoir of Vietnam 1967, detailing the story about his military service in Vietnam with the First Infantry Division, and the impact the war has had on his life in later years.

VETERANS’ MEMORIAL PAVER DIRECTORY LOOK-UP

[Video] Ryan Lindsay’s 2017 emotional Memorial Day Speech

To be in the parade, click here.

May 17, 2018