Hero Street Memorial Day Weekend Ceremonies include visit by Mexican Ambassador Reyna Mendivil

Special Wreath-laying Ceremony ~ Friday, May 26, 2023 at 11:30 a.m., Hero Street Monument and Hero Street Memorial Park, Silvis, Illinois.

From the City of Silvis: "Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil is the Consul General of Mexico in Chicago. Madam Torres will be here visiting Hero Street and doing a wreath-laying ceremony. This is the first time a Consul General of Mexico has ever visited Hero Street. We are blessed to have her here to honor the fallen 8.

Amb. Reyna Torres, Consul General of Mexico in Chicago will be joined by Beatriz Vernon/Press Attache, Slaudia Castillo/Consul for Community Affairs, and Luis Cedeno/Fidel Gutierrez."

Hero Street Monument Memorial Day Ceremony ~ Saturday, May 27 at 10:30 a.m.

Memorial Day is a day for remembrance of those who have died in service to our country. A special Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at the Hero Street Monument, on the corner of Hero Street (2nd Street) in Silvis, Illinois on Saturday, May 27th at 10:30 a.m.  All are welcome!

 

Hero Street Memorial Park Ceremony ~ Saturday, May 27 at Noon.

The City of Silvis will hold it's annual memorial day service at Hero Street Memorial Park at noon. Special guests include State representative Gregg Johnson; Rock Island County State's Attorney Dora Villarreal Nieman; Navy Veteran (retired) Brian Munos; and a Military officer from the Rock Island Arsenal (tba). Please remember to bring your lawn chairs.

 

 

Four Award-winning Hero Street Documentaries Air on WQPT-PBS ~ Memorial Day, Monday, May 29 7 p.m.-9 p.m. 

Four of the completed films from the Fourth Wall Films' award-winning documentary series will air on WQPT-PBS (Channel 24) on Memorial Day: "Riding the Rails to Hero Street", the Emmy-nominated WQPT/Fourth Wall Films co-produced "Letters Home to Hero Street" (Frank Sandoval's story), "A Bridge too Far from Hero Street" (William Sandoval's story), "An Infantryman from Hero Street" (Joseph Sandoval's story).

 

Only a block and a half long, Second Street in Silvis, Illinois lost six young men in World War II and two in the Korean War, more than any other street in America.  Hero Street, as it is now known, has provided over 100 service members since Mexican-American immigrants settled there in 1929.

We honor the memory of the Hero Street Eight: Tony Pompa, Frank Sandoval, William Sandoval, Claro Solis, Peter Masias, Joseph Sandoval, Joseph Gomez and John S. Muños; and all of the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United States armed forces.

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