"Detroit's Own" Polar Bear Memorial Association

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Ceremonies & Events

Polar Bear Monument at White Chapel Cemetery, Troy, MI
The Polar Bear Monument at White Chapel Cemetery, Troy, MI.
It is the work of sculptor Leon Hermant and was dedicated on May 30, 1930.
(View photos of the full monument in color or black & white)
(Click here to view a diagram showing the names and location of those whose remains were re-buried that day)

Association members and the public are invited to attend
the next Memorial Day Service honoring the "Polar Bears".

Date:	Monday, May 25, 2009
Time:	11:00 AM
Location:	Polar Bear Monument White Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy, MI Enter from Long Lake Rd. (18 Mile Rd.) Click for map

"The soil of the United States is almost spoiled for choice when it comes to commemorative sites. They range from Gettysburg itself -- still one of the most staggering places of memory in the world -- to the Confederate statue of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest,.......... and extend from the Polar Bear monument in Detroit (honoring those Michiganders who helped invade Russia in 1919: a forgotten war if ever there was one) to Maya Lin's masterpiece of Vietnam understatement on the National Mall."

Christopher Hitchens, from his article, "Memorial Day - Reflections on those who made the ultimate sacrifice", originally published in the "Wall Street Journal" on May 26, 2006.

Photos from previous Memorial Day Services at White Chapel:

	28 May 2007	30 May 2005	26 May 2003	28 May 2001
26 May 2008	29 May 2006	31 May 2004	27 May 2002	29 May 2000	30 May 1937

Plaque Dedication Ceremony honoring the "Polar Bears"
photos taken at the Detroit Zoo Arctic Ring of Life Exhibit on 10 Nov 2001

"The Dedication of the Polar Bear Historical Marker", White Chapel Cemetery, 30 May 1988
Souvenir Program including Obverse and Reverse Marker Inscriptions

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