Chicago Memorial Day Parade 2024. Matt casey laid a wreath in grant park to service men and women who were prisoners of war, including his own father, donald casey. The city hosted a wreath laying ceremony and parade saturday in the loop to honor fallen soldiers and their families ahead of memorial day, which is observed.

Memorial day parade begins at noon on a saturday before the memorial day and marches south along state street, from lake street to van buren street. You can celebrate the unofficial start to summer with a long weekend of exciting festivities in chicago,.