A selection of Memorial Day observances today around the region

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AUGUSTA – Memorial Day parade, 7:45 a.m. Monday, 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 information, contact Jim Doherty at 623-5714.

BANGOR – Memorial Day parade, 10:30 a.m. Monday, 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 the parade may pick up their walking sticks 9-10:30 a.m. in the parking lot of TD Banknorth, 77 Exchange St. Bring a driver’s license or proof of age. World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veterans 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. Monday, 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 noon.

CARMEL – The parade will begin at Carmel Elementary School at 10 a.m. Monday, May 29, and will proceed to the Village Cemetery. A ceremony at the cemetery will be conducted by the 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.

DENNYSVILLE – Observance and parade to the Dennysville Cemetery start at 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 29, at the Dennysville-Edmunds Congregational Church, with parade stops along Main Street at the Dennysville Monument, the Upper Bridge and the cemetery. A bus will be available to ride to the cemetery and back to the church. The EDM Youth Center will provide refreshments at the center after the program. The Dennys River Historical Society vestry and museum will be open during and after the observance. For details, call Mary at 726-4676.

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

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

HARRINGTON – The Washington County VFW Post will hold a service at the post hall, corner of Route 1A and Pineo Point Road, at 10 a.m. Monday, May 29. The Harrington Library Association will hold an observance at 6 p.m. at the Gallison Library in town.

HOULTON – Memorial Day events are being organized by the Chester L. Briggs Post 47. Ceremonies will start at 9:45 a.m. Monday, May 29, at Soldiers Hill in the Houlton Cemetery with speeches, a wreath-laying and a gun salute to honor departed veterans.

A parade from TD Banknorth parking lot to Monument Park will begin at 10:35 a.m., with ceremonies on the North Street Bridge for those who died at sea. The ceremony at the park will begin at 11 a.m.

HOWLAND – Lee Graham Post 97 Auxiliary will host events 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.

LUBEC – Memorial Day ceremony with prayer and benediction by the Rev. Dale Hupp at 9 a.m. Monday, May 29, at Lubec Consolidated School.

A ceremony with prayers for the Air Corps by the Rev. Gary Look and a wreath-laying will be held at 9:30 a.m. in Village Cemetery. A Civil War ceremony will follow at 10 a.m., and an International Bridge ceremony held by the U.S. Coast Guard and Hupp will be held at 10:30 a.m. All participants are invited to join the American Legion Auxiliary, Stuart Green Post 65, for refreshments at 10:45 a.m. at the American Legion Hall, Route 189.

MACHIAS – A parade starts at 11 a.m. Monday, May 29, from the Rose Gaffney School. A van will be provided for all World War II veterans who would like to ride in the parade. Those interested can meet at the Ephriam Johnson Post 9 at 10:30 a.m. before the parade.

OAKFIELD – Parade will begin at 10 a.m. Monday, May 29, starting at the Oakfield Community Center. A dinner will follow at noon.

ORONO – Memorial Day parade, 10 a.m. Monday, 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.

PATTEN – The parade will begin at 10 a.m. Monday, May 29, at the Methodist church and proceed to the cemetery for a ceremony. The Patten Historical Society invites veterans who march in the parade to come back to the Main Street facility for a social gathering after the ceremonies.

PROSPECT – Lineup for the parade begins at 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 29. Marching begins at noon.

The event begins near Webb’s barn, 1 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 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 information, call Barbara Tilley, president of the Prospect Community Club, at 567-3267.

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

SHERMAN – Members of the Sherman Area Memorial VFW Post 2299 and its Ladies Auxiliary will hold a ceremony at the Sherman Cemetery at 11 a.m. Monday, May 29.

WINTERPORT – Memorial Day Parade, sponsored by American Legion Argonne Post 138, 11 a.m. Monday, 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, there will be services but no parade. Phil Higgins, 223-2519.