Registration 8-9:30a.m.: Can be done using QR code on flyer or in person at Manteno Sportsmen’s Club10 a.m.: Escorted ride to Abraham Lincoln Cemetery, and back. 12 p.m.: After-party begins. Live music by Timing’s Everything. Raffle baskets, liquor wagon raffle, silent auction held. 1 p.m.: Remembrance ceremony4 p.m. Event ends. 
Courtesy of Our Fallen Hero Foundation
A remembrance ceremony will be held at 1 p.m., with performances from Band of Brothers Bagpipes and Drums and an appearance by the Mokena VFW Post 275 Color Guard.
McCarthy Brigade—a Chicago-area service group comprised of military, law enforcement and fire personnel—will make a special flag presentation to the Toppen family. Named after World War II Medal of Honor recipient and Chicago firefighter Joseph McCarthy, the group conducts flag-raising ceremonies, honors fallen service members and 9/11 victims, and supports Gold Star families. The flag given to the family was flown during a combat mission in 2018, and was later blessed during a 9/11 ceremony at Ground Zero in New York.
McCarthy Brigade was instrumental in the passing of Illinois House Resolution 864 in May 2026. The measure declared the month of June as Illinois Fallen Heroes Month, to honor the service and sacrifice of fallen heroes across the state, Pam Toppen said.
Also featured at the event will be a specialty beer brewed in collaboration with Arrowhead Ales Brewing Company in New Lenox.
Arrowhead Ales owner Mike Bacon brewed Hazy IPA “Infantry,” hopped with Idaho 7, Mosaic and Bravo. The beer’s label design includes photos of Toppen and a message to those holding the can.