Memorial Day observances set across region

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ABBOT The Memorial Day parade in Abbot will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Route 15.

AUGUSTA The public is invited to a Memorial Day observance at Togus National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30. Local veteran organizations, the Maine National Guard and Togus employees will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the 5,373 veterans buried in the cemetery. Participants will meet at 7:45 a.m. at the Building 205 parking lot. For information, call Jim Doherty at 623-5714.

BANGOR The Memorial Day parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 30, in front of BankAmerica on Exchange Street. The parade, with Gov. John Baldacci, U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud and Galen Cole as honorary marshals, will proceed onto Harlow Street, then left onto Central Street and up Main Street to Davenport Park at the corner of Main and Cedar streets. A commemorative service will follow at the park. The reviewing stand will be in the parking lot of Merrill Bank on Main Street.

BANGOR The Memorial Day commemoration at Cole Land Transportation Museum will be held 1 p.m. at 405 Perry Road. The program will include a talk by Tom Stryker, who in Vietnam piloted the helicopter that is mounted on the grounds of the museum, and a wreath laying at the Maine World War II Memorial, the Maine Vietnam Memorial and the Maine Purple Heart Memorial. The Hampden Academy jazz band will perform. Band parents will serve food 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. After the program, those attending will be admitted to the museum for free. In case of rain, the commemoration will be held inside the museum.

BANGOR Memorial Day Mass for area Roman Catholic churches will be held at 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 30, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Ohio Street. In case of bad weather, the location will change to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 768 Ohio St. The event is sponsored by St. John’s and St. Mary’s in Bangor, St. Joseph’s and St. Teresa’s in Brewer, St. Matthew’s in Hampden and St. Gabriel’s in Winterport.

BANGOR Veterans Helping Veterans will sponsor a fund-raiser, SOS Breakfast, with creamed beef on toast after the parade at Davenport Park. Admission is by donation, and proceeds will assist the family of Sgt. Harold Gray of Penobscot, a member of the Maine Army National Guard injured in Iraq who is hospitalized.

BELFAST A parade will depart at 10 a.m. from the Renys parking lot, proceed to Grove Cemetery for services at the Veterans Memorial, resume down Main Street through the city center and end at the waterfront. Frank D. Hazeltine Post No. 43 of the American Legion and the Randall-Collins VFW will provide marching units. Area veterans will conduct separate memorial services at monuments beside the Legion Hall, VFW building and the Veterans Memorial bridge before the parade.

BREWER VFW Post No. 4917 will hold ceremonies at Oak Hill Cemetery at 10 a.m., Woodlawn Cemetery at 11 a.m., and North Brewer cemetery at noon.

CARMEL Memorial Day services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 30. Veterans, organizations and townspeople are invited to participate. The parade will form at Carmel Elementary School and march to the village cemetery, where American Legion Post No. 107 members will conduct a ceremony. Tammy Noyes will be the guest speaker, and the Hermon High School band will perform music. A service will be held at the town’s Honor Roll monument in the village square. In case of rain, services will be held at the school.

CHARLOTTE The Charlotte Historical Society will sponsor a ceremony at 8:15 a.m. at the Round Pound Cemetery. The event will honor those serving their country and remember veterans interred in Charlotte. Brunch will be served at the Town Hall immediately after the ceremony. For information, call 454-7823.

CHERRYFIELD – A program sponsored by the American Legion Post No. 8 will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, May 30, including a performance by the Cherryfield band and the traditional recitation of the Gettysburg Address. The program will be followed by a parade to lay wreaths at Stewart Park and at the Civil War Monument at 2 p.m. and a supper for the participants at 3 p.m. at the Legion Hall. For information, contact Peter Duston at 546-7559.

CORINNA The Memorial Day parade will begin 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 30, at the cemetery on Route 222. A ceremony will be held at the Main Street bridge, and the parade will proceed to the Corinna Town Hall. The parade is sponsored by American Legion Post No. 73. Music will be provided by the Sebasticook Valley and Somerset Valley middle school bands.

DEXTER A parade will be assembled in the municipal parking lot in back of Bangor Savings Bank at 10 a.m. and proceed up Main Street, down to Church Street and into the Veterans Memorial Park. The American Legion and VFW will hold memorial services, and the Dexter Regional High School band will provide musical selections.

DOVER-FOXCROFT Memorial Day services will begin at 10:15 a.m. at the Merrick Square flagpole, followed immediately by a parade, which will stop at the Main Street bridge and Monument Square for further ceremonies. The Bangor Army National Guard will provide a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, and the 101st Air Refueling Wing will provide a tanker for military flyovers. Veterans who want to participate may call 564-7025.

ETNA Memorial Day services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 30. A parade will form at Etna Center on the corner of Routes 143 and 69 and Center Lane. Participants will march to Pleasant Hill Cemetery, where American Legion Post No. 107 will conduct a ceremony. Music will be provided by the SAD 38 school band. Speaker is Tammy Noyes. Veterans, organizations and townspeople are invited to participate. In case of inclement weather, the service will take place in the Etna school gymnasium.

FRANKLIN A ceremony will include a wreath laying at 8:45 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial, located at the junction of Routes 182 and 200. The event is open to the public. After the ceremony, the Franklin Veterans Club will hold a hospitality function at the club.

GREENVILLE The American Legion will hold several different Memorial Day services. A B-52 crash site service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 29. Monday services will be held at 10 a.m. at the Rockwood Cemetery and 11 a.m. at the Francis Lavigne Memorial Bridge. A parade will line up at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Legion Hall in Greenville and begin at 1 p.m., and a parade in Shirley will line up at 2:15 p.m. at the fire station and begin at 2:30 p.m.

GUILFORD The Memorial Day parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Route 15.

HAMPDEN A parade will begin at 9 a.m. at the VFW Post 4633 Home on the Canoe Club Road and proceed to the Locust Grove Cemetery, where services will be held.

HARTLAND A Memorial Day parade will begin in Hartland at 9 a.m. Monday, May 30, at the Hartland Tannery Annex, sponsored by the Steeves-McCormick American Legion Post 141. It will stop at the cemetery for taps and an honor guard salute, continue to Pittsfield Avenue Square for a second ceremony and then proceed to Warren Square. The Nokomis Regional High School band will provide the music. Disassembly will be at the Somerset Valley Middle School.

HOWLAND The Lee Graham Post No. 97, the Leveille-Shorey VFW Post No. 9429, the Knights of Columbus Council 5524 of Lincoln-Howland and Company B of the Maine 20th Volunteers Civil War re-enactment group will hold Memorial Day services at the following locations and times: Seboeis, 8 a.m.; West Enfield, 8:30 a.m.; Passadumkeag, 8:50 a.m.; Gould’s Ridge, 9:10 a.m.; Lowell, 9:40 a.m.; Enfield, 10:05 a.m.; Dodlin Road, 10:25 a.m.; Edinburg, 10:45 a.m.; and Howland, 11 a.m. A parade will assemble at the Howland Town Park at 11:30 a.m. and will start at 11:45.

JONESBORO A ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday, May 30, at the Jonesboro Elementary School gymnasium will feature local musical talent and recognition of veterans. A committee is surveying Jonesboro residents to identify all veterans in time for Memorial Day. Any resident veteran who has not yet been surveyed can contact Ed White at 434-2362.

NEWPORT A veterans service will be held at the North Newport Christian Church at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 29. The annual parade will begin at 10 a.m. Monday, May 30, at Progress Park and proceed to Main Street to the Memorial Bridge. After ceremonies on the bridge, the parade will proceed to the American Legion Post 105 Hall by way of Elm and North streets. Somerset Valley and Sebasticook Valley middle schools will provide the music.

ORONO Lineup for the parade will be 8 a.m. at Orono High School. The procession will start at 9 a.m. and end at 11 a.m. at American Legion Hall on Park Street. Crossroad Ministries of Old Town will collect nonperishable food for the area food bank.

PITTSFIELD The Burns Knowlton American Legion Post No. 32 will sponsor a parade at 9 a.m. Monday, May 30, beginning at the Corner Cupboard store on Main Street. The parade will proceed south on Main Street to the bridge, library and then onto Peltoma Avenue to the town cemetery. Music will be provided by the Warsaw Middle School band and the Maine Central Institute band.

PROSPECT A parade is planned with lineup at the intersection of Routes 174 and 1A by Ray Webb’s barn. It will start at noon. Ceremonies at Maple Grove Cemetery will be held by American Legion Post No. 157.

ST. ALBANS A parade and ceremony will be held in St. Albans at 10 a.m. Monday, May 30, sponsored by the Steeves McCormick American Legion Post No. 141. The parade will assemble at Ace Hardware and proceed to Cemetery Road and then up Main Street to the town monument for the laying of a wreath. The Nokomis Regional High School marching band will provide the music.

SANGERVILLE The Memorial Day parade will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Route 23.

WARREN The Memorial Day procession will assemble in front of the post office and march to the village bridge, with series of events, starting at 10:30 a.m.