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"Laying of the Lilacs" Community Ceremony
Saturday, May 27
11AM
The Mills Community House, Benzonia
This ceremony is held to honor the area’s Civil War veterans at the mushroom-shaped monument made by the E.P. Case Grand Army of the Republic Post 372 veterans in the late 1880s. William Case & his family will be honored this year with a program presented by Benzie Area Historical Society Curator & historian Jane Purkis. Senator Case was the author of "The Tragedy of Crystal Lake," his account of the lowering of Crystal Lake 150 years ago this summer. A headstone cleaning workshop will follow the ceremony at noon.
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