Closing ceremony held for parade memorial

WAUKESHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The impermanent Waukesha parade memorial is being decommissioned with a closing ceremonial this morning, Wednesday, Dec. 29.

The memorial has been up for much than a month, and it has grown to go a awesome of anticipation for the community.

In a release, Mayor Shawn Reilly thanked the assemblage for its enactment for the victims.

"The memorial has provided a spot for the assemblage to grieve and to travel unneurotic to enactment those who mislaid loved ones and those who volition beryllium dealing with the carnal and affectional trauma from the events of November 21 for galore years to come," said Reilly.

The program is to determination each of the items from the impermanent memorial astatine Waukesha's Veterans Park to a imperishable location.

The Waukesha County Historical Society volition curate and sphere the items for the future.

CBS 58 visited the memorial galore times and spoke to galore people, including 1 father, astir its impact.

"Everyone does parenting differently, but I came down present conscionable to thatch my lad the powerfulness of prayer, Pray for everybody, commune for everything that's happened. Pray for everything, you know?" said Michael Plante. 

On January 18, the Waukesha Common Council volition see the instauration of a imperishable memorial commission. That Commission volition enactment with metropolis and assemblage leaders to determine the champion determination for the memorial.