Memorial Day parades, activities planned

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AUGUSTA – Memorial Day parade, 7:45 a.m. May 29, begins at the Togus Building 205 parking lot, and proceeds to the Togus National Cemetery. Local veterans organizations, Maine National Guard and Togus staff will participate in wreath laying ceremonies in the cemetery.

For more information, contact Jim Doherty at 623-5714.

BANGOR – Memorial Day parade, 10:30 a.m. May 29, begins on Exchange Street. It will proceed to Harlow Street, Central Street and up Maine Street and end at Davenport Park, Main Street, where there will be a ceremony of remembrance at Davenport Park. The parade marshal will be Col. William Deering.

Korean War veterans participating in parade may pick up their walking sticks 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 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, concert. At 3 p.m., those attending admitted free to museum. Lunch available at noontime.

CARMEL – The parade will begin at Carmel Elementary School at 10 a.m. May 29 and will proceed to the Village Cemetery.

A ceremony at the cemetery will be conducted by Rev. Burt Williams of the American Legion Post 107.

A service held by the Honor Roll in the village square will follow the parade. The ceremony will be held at Carmel Elementary school in case of rain.

For information, call 269-2331.

DEXTER – The parade will assemble in the municipal parking lot in back of the Bangor Savings Bank and leave at 10 a.m. May 29.

The route of the parade will exit the parking lot into lower Main Street, proceed up Main Street to the traffic light, turn onto Church Street and march to Dam Street and the Veterans Memorial Park.

Memorial services by the Dexter posts of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held at the memorial park.

Music by the Dexter Regional High School band will follow the ceremony.

The parade will reassemble on Dam and Grove streets and march back to the parking lot.

For information contact Anton Larson, 924-5481.

ETNA – The parade will begin at the corners of Dixmont Road, Plymouth Road, and Center Lane at 11 a.m. May 29, and will end at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, where a ceremony will be conducted by the Rev. Burt Williams of American Legion Post 107.

The Etna-Dixmont elementary band will provide music for the ceremony. In case of rain, events will be held at the Etna-Dixmont School.

For information, call 269-2331.

FORT KENT – A parade sponsored by American Legion Post 133 and VFW Post 9609 is scheduled for 1 p.m. May 28.

More than 30 organizations, including the 836th Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadet Band and Fort Kent Community High School band, will be marching.

The morning itinerary for those interested in participating is as follows:

. Meet at VFW Hall, 7 a.m.

. Ceremonies at Daigle and Wallagrass cemeteries, 7:30 a.m.

. Mass at Soldier Pond, 9 a.m.

. Military honors at cemetery and bridge, after Mass

. Reassemble at Martin Ford for parade and six military honors, noon

Refreshments will be available at the high school parking lot and VFW Hall.

Vehicles to accommodate veterans who cannot walk will be available.

For more information, call 834-5862.

HAMPDEN – Veterans Honor Roll Committee dedication of sculpture of two eagles made in bronze by Forest Hart, 8:30 a.m. 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.

HOWLAND – Lee Graham Post 97 Auxiliary will host events on May 29.

Parade participants will meet at the Howland Town Park at 11:30 a.m. The procession will begin at 11:45 a.m.

Services at cemeteries throughout the community will be held at the following 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.

. Howland, 11 a.m.

Post 97 Auxiliary will serve a breakfast to all ceremony participants from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m.

Refreshments for the public will be sold beginning at 10 a.m. at American Legion Mini Park.

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 nonperishable food items for area food bank. From 9 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.

PROSPECT – Lineup for the parade is set for 11:30 Monday, May 29. Marching will get under way at noon.

The event begins near Webb’s barn, one mile south of the intersection of Routes 174 and 1A. It will feature veteran honor cars and the Bucksport Middle School band.

After pausing briefly at Maple Grove Cemetery for a flag raising and salute, the procession will continue to the town’s center for memorial services. Ernie Kalinisan, commander of Jerry W. Dobbins American Legion Post 157, and state Rep. Kenneth Lindell, R-Frankfort, are expected to speak. The service, conducted by chaplain Robert Mercer, will conclude with the playing of taps by David Cooper of Prospect.

For more information, call Barbara Tilley, president of the Prospect Community Club, at 567-3267.

ROCKLAND – Down East Singers will present Memorial Day concert, John Rutter’s Requiem, 5 p.m. May 29, Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock St.

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 U.S. flags, which will be disposed of in a ceremony on a later date. If rain, services but no parade. Phil Higgins, 223-2519.