Saturday, November 11, 2017

Winnetka Eagle Scout Candidate Brendan Bahan Rededicates Robert E. Burke Memorial Park


Winnetka Eagle Scout Candidate Brendan Bahan (center), making sure all his fellow Boy Scouts are ready for the Rededication of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park Ceremony on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)



Winnetka Eagle Scout Candidate Brendan Bahan, begins the Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


Winnetka Eagle Scout Candidate Brendan Bahan (right), begins the Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park, after landscaping it and putting in a new sign, on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Winnetka Eagle Scout Candidate Brendan Bahan, begins the Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)



Winnetka Interim Chief of Police, Mark Hornstein, speaks during the Rededication of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park Ceremony on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


Winnetka Interim Chief of Police, Mark Hornstein (right), speaks during the Rededication of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park Ceremony on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


Fair number of folks came out for the Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)











The brother of Robert E. Burke, Bob Burke (right) with his wife Peg, both of Sterling, are honored during the Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


Winnetka Interim Chief of Police, Mark Hornstein, speaks during the Rededication of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park Ceremony on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)



Winnetka Interim Chief of Police, Mark Hornstein (right), honoring Bob Burke (center) and wife Peg (left), with a poem written by his brother Robert E. Burke, during the Rededication of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park Ceremony on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Winnetka Interim Chief of Police, Mark Hornstein (right), honoring Bob Burke (left), with a poem written by his brother Robert E. Burke, during the Rededication of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park Ceremony on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

The brother of Robert E. Burke who was Winnetka's only Police Officer killed in action, Bob Burke (center), speaks during the Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


The poem "Ballad of a Brave Man", written by Robert E. Burke, during the Rededication of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park Ceremony on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Boys Scout Troop 20 Color Guard retires during the Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)



Winnetka Eagle Scout Candidate Brendan Bahan, concludes the Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Winnetka Eagle Scout Candidate Brendan Bahan (right), poses with Bob Burke and his wife Peg (left), for a photograph near the new sign dedicated to Bob's brother Robert E. Burke who is Winnetka's only Police Officer that was killed in action, on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


The brother of Robert E. Burke who was Winnetka's only Police Officer killed in action, Bob Burke (navy) hugging Winnetka Eagle Scout Candidate Brendan Bahan (green), and thanking him for setting up the event, during the Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park, on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)






Folks enjoying the newly landscaped Robert E. Burke Memorial Park along with the new sign, on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

The brother of Robert E. Burke who was Winnetka's only Police Officer killed in action, Bob Burke (center) talking with Winnetka Interim Chief of Police, Mark Hornstein (right) just after the Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


Police Investigator Sgt. Glenn Florkow (center) shakes hands with Winnetka Eagle Scout Candidate Brendan Bahan (right), after a well done Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)


Police Investigator Sgt. Glenn Florkow (center) shakes hands with Winnetka Eagle Scout Candidate Brendan Bahan (right), after a well done Rededication Ceremony of Robert E. Burke Memorial Park on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)

Folks enjoying the newly landscaped Robert E. Burke Memorial Park along with the new sign, on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)



Police Investigator Sgt. Glenn Florkow (sign left) poses for a photo with the brother of Robert E. Burke who was Winnetka's only Police Officer killed in action, Bob Burke (far right), next to the new sign, at Robert E. Burke Memorial Park, on Saturday, November, 11, 2017 in Winnetka.  (Mark Ukena/Pioneer Press)




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