Americans landing at Inchon during the Korean War.
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The participants will also visit two cemeteries in the Back Mountain, Fern Knoll and Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, where short ceremonies will be held.
Brainard: Mass at 9:30 a.m.at Brainard Holy Trinity Church; American Legion Services at 10:30 a.m.at the new Catholic Cemetery.
The North Stonington Lions Club Memorial Day Parade has been canceled, but a memorial service will still be held at the North Stonington Grange Hall at 10 a.m.
Whether surviving family and friends were present at Sunday’s ceremonies or the American Legion was speaking to an empty field, Gallagher and his crew honored each veteran.
On Sunday, May 29 at 2 p.m., Lincoln Park with hold its annual Memorial Day Parade starting at Pleasant Avenue and Comly Road and ending at the American Legion Memorial Home, 133 Main St., where a memorial service will be held.
Those who want to show their appreciation for the sacrifices of our nation’s veterans will have plenty of opportunity to do so this weekend with parades and ceremonies planned in the majority of Suburban Trends area towns.
“As a veteran, I feel the same as many veterans – that people need to honor those who have died in the service of our country”, said James Ervin, chaplain of American Legion Post #110 of Nashville and co-founder of the local Joint Veterans Committee of Nash and Edgecombe Counties.
A Waterside Service begins at 9 a.m. There will be a recognition with wreath and poppies cast into the water in memory of all servicemen and women lost at sea.
Memorial Day ceremonies are scheduled at a number of Grand Valley sites today.
At 9, the VFW moves over to Sunset Memorial Gardens.
DurangoThe Vietnam Veterans Association will honor those who died in the Vietnam War at 10 a.m. Monday at a ceremony at Iris Park, 1235 Camino del Rio. Hot dogs and refreshments will be served after the ceremony.
After a brief ceremony, a parade will form to march to the Spring Street Cemetery, then stop at the historic town cemetery on Main Street.
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The Downey-Weaver American Legion Post 34’s Memorial Day parade steps off at 9 a.m. from the Carolina Fire Station and proceed south on Route 112 to Grandpre Park.
