Sunday, May 31, 2015
IT'S A GO FOR SUNDAY!!
IT'S A GO!! We hope to see you for the final event of Citizen Welles of Kenosha for Welles 100th Anniversary Memorial Walk, 1:00-4:00 today. Admission $ 5 for adults, children under 12 free with adult. Wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather - cool but sunny!!
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Welles 100th Anniversary Memorial Walk CANCELED for Saturday, May 30
Unfortunately, the weather forecast is not promising for the Memorial Walk today, Saturday, May 30 - IT IS CANCELED. We hope you can make it tomorrow, Sunday, May 31 when the weather looks much better!
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Orson Welles 100th Anniversary Memorial Walk May 30 & 31
The final event for the Citizen Welles Society of Kenosha is the Welles Memorial Walk, to be held Saturday & Sunday, May 30 & 31, 1:00-4:00 pm
Admission is $5 adults; children under 12 free with adult. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. Enter at the 7th Avenue gate.
Three generations of Orson Welles' ancestors are buried at Green Ridge Cemetery. The Memorial Walk will feature Welles' parents, Richard and Beatrice Ives Welles, his grandmother, Mary Blanche Head Wells Gottfredsen, his grand-aunt Harriet Head Yule, and his great-grandfather, Orson Sherman Head.
Admission is $5 adults; children under 12 free with adult. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. Enter at the 7th Avenue gate.
Three generations of Orson Welles' ancestors are buried at Green Ridge Cemetery. The Memorial Walk will feature Welles' parents, Richard and Beatrice Ives Welles, his grandmother, Mary Blanche Head Wells Gottfredsen, his grand-aunt Harriet Head Yule, and his great-grandfather, Orson Sherman Head.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Memorial Day Ceremony
Please join us Monday, May 25, at 10:00 am as the American Legion Post 21 conducts their Memorial Day ceremony at the Veteran's Circle.
"Gone But Not Forgotten."
"Gone But Not Forgotten."
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Citizen Welles Month-long Celebration Begins Tonight!
- KICK-OFF CELEBRATION WITH KENOSHA MAYOR KEITH BOSMAN.
Wednesday May 6th • 7:00 pm Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Dr.
Kick-off celebration features Welles’s film highlights; a new short subject, “GOW: Looking For A Job,” written and directed by Spanish filmmaker Manolo Munguia; and a presentation by Patrick McGilligan, author of the upcoming book, “Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to ‘Citizen Kane’.” Mayor Keith Bosman, Alderman Jan Michalski, and the Citizen Welles Society of Kenosha welcome you to attend.
Jean Hoffmann, board president of the Kenosha Cemetery Association will be presenting on the ancestors of Orson Welles who are buried at Green Ridge. FREE EVENT
For more information visit
http://citizenwelles.org/
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