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Local Memorial Day activities

BANGOR – Memorial Day Parade, 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 29, begins on Exchange Street, Harlow Street, ends at Davenport Park, Main Street. Parade marshal, Col. William Deering; honorary marshal, Gov. John Baldacci. Ceremony of Remembrance after at Davenport Park. Korean War veterans participating in parade may pick up their walking stick 9-10:30 a.m. in Peoples Bank parking lot. Bring driver’s license or proof of age. World War II, Korean, Vietnam vets to march as groups. Buses available for those who can’t walk the route.

BANGOR – Memorial Day ceremony, late morning, after 10:30 a.m. parade, Maine Korean War Memorial, Mount Hope Cemetery, Mt. Hope Avenue.

BANGOR – Memorial Day program, Korean War veteran Ed Davis featured speaker, 1:15 p.m. May 29, Cole Land Transportation Museum, 405 Perry Road. Nokomis Regional High School Band, USO-type concert. At 3 p.m., those attending admitted free to museum. Lunch available at noontime.

CARMEL – Memorial Day Parade, 10 a.m. May 29, from Carmel Elementary School to Village Cemetery. Ceremony at the cemetery with the Rev. Burt Williams, American Legion Post 107. After parade, service held by the Honor Roll in the village square, or in case of rain, at the school. 269-2331.

ETNA – Memorial Day Parade, 11 a.m. May 29, from corner of Dixmont Road, Plymouth Road and Center to Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Ceremony with the Rev. Burt Williams, American Legion Post 107. Music by Etna-Dixmont School band at ceremony. In case of rain, move to the school. 269-2331.

HAMPDEN – Hampden Veteran Honor Roll Committee dedication of sculpture of two eagles made in bronze by Forest Hart, 8:30 a.m. Memorial Day, May 29, in front of municipal building, Western Avenue. With rededication of veterans monument, to which 300 new names of Hampden veterans are being added. Parade afterward from monument up Western Avenue to Main Road, down to Oak Grove Cemetery.

ORONO – Memorial Day Parade, 10 a.m. May 29, beginning from Orono High School, down Westwood Drive, onto Main Street, to center of bridge for brief wreath ceremony with American Legion Post 84, to Park Street, ending by American Legion Hall. During parade, Crossroads Ministries collecting non-perishable food items for area food bank. From 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Route 2 will be blocked off at the intersections of Westwood Drive, Bennoch Road and College Avenue, and the Old Town side of the American Legion Hall on Park Street. Randy Adkins, 866-7103.

WINTERPORT – Memorial Day Parade, sponsored by American Legion Argonne Post 138, 11 a.m. May 29, from Leroy Smith School, Main Street, to Oak Hill Cemetery. Service at cemetery with state Sen. Carol Weston speaking. Afterward, Legion members collecting worn and unserviceable American flags, which will be disposed of in a ceremony on a later date. If rain, services but no parade. Phil Higgins, 223-2519.


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