American Legion Post 194 will be spearheading numerous activities, starting with Memorial Day events at all five schools in the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District on Friday, May 27 as well as its annual veterans and community breakfast on Sunday, May 29.
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At 9 a.m., the first service will be at Reeves Field.
Local veterans organizations, including V.F.W.
Firing squads from Lomira’s Bintzler-Waehler Post No. 347 and Oakfield’s VFW Post No. 8092 will assemble at the Town of Byron Veterans Memorial for the event. The parade will also feature contingents of emergency agencies from nearby communities.
At noon, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2306 will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at East Lawn Cemetery on Milwaukee Road. A brief ceremony will be held on G.A.R. Island Park after the parade.
Ware: The Memorial Day parade will begin on Maple Street at 1 p.m. Monday.
“There are many veterans from various veterans organizations in McLean County that will be involved in the parade either by marching, riding or helping out with the lineup or ceremony”, said Barbra Oldenburg.
The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 111 will hold a candlelight memorial service at 7 p.m., Sunday, to remember those killed in war and those missing in action.
Jerry Meader and Harry Bollback will be co-grand marshals this year, and the American Legion Riders motorcycle group will be leading the procession.
Music will be provided by the Foothill High School choir and band. There will also be services at the post home immediately following the parade. Legion Commander Joanne Ellsworth will give a speech, and new town of Chester supervisor Craig Leggett is to offer greetings.
American Legion Post 151 will sponsor the 37th annual Avenue of Flags Memorial Day program at 2 p.m. Monday at Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery, 7302 Mineral Point Road.
Fremont’s Memorial Day Parade will be 10 a.m. Monday.
For any veterans who wish to participate but can not walk the parade route, a ride will be provided. A reception follows at the American Legion Dugout on Rte. 9L. Parade will end at Greenwood Cemetery with a ceremony.
That ceremony, which begins with a military fly-over, includes a musical tribute to the armed forces by the Foothill High School Band, a wreath-laying, rifle salute, bell-ringing, bagpipe players and the playing of “taps”.
There are several Memorial Day events scheduled across the Valley.
In the Valley Advantage coverage area, the president of Lackawanna College, Mark Volk (a retired colonel), will be the guest speaker the Scott Township Memorial Day Service on Saturday, May 28, at the Scott Township Veterans Memorial which is in front of the township building.
At 11 a.m., a presentation will take place at the Cambridge Historic School Museum about the 19 men listed on the benches in Veterans Park.
The parade is on Monday at 10 a.m., from the old Stop & Shop parking lot on Boston Road, and it will end of the town common for a Memorial Day program.
Queensbury and Glens Falls are holding their annual joint Memorial Day parade beginning at 10 a.m. Monday. Rose Cemetery and 10:15 am at Village Cemetery. It will step off at 11 a.m.
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Children are the focus at Up Yonda Environmental Farm on Saturday with their Out & About nature activities in the award-winning educational venue. Day visits are free; there’s a charge for full or partial weekend stays in cabins. For details: conduct a web search for Glens Falls Urban Assault. From there, the parade will march to the Darien Cemetery on Highway 14, where a service will start at 11 a.m.
