Parades planned for Memorial Day

BANGOR – Memorial Day parade will begin at 10:15 a.m. today at Bank of America Building on Exchange Street. It will proceed up Exchange Street, turn left on State Street to Main Street, left on Main Street to Davenport Park. A commemorative ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the park.

BANGOR – Vietnam veterans who walk or ride in the Memorial Day parade in Bangor should bring ID to pick up a Vietnam War walking stick from Cole Land Transportation Museum, beginning at 9:15 a.m. Memorial Day when the parade forms on Exchange Street.

BANGOR – Memorial Day activities at Cole Land Transportation Museum, 405 Perry Road, include lunch by the Old Town High School band parents, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; WWII vets can get stickers for their walking sticks 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and after program; commemoration at 1:15 p.m. includes laying of wreaths at war memorials, keynote speech by retired Lt. Col. Charles Knowlen, Vietnam veteran; USO-type show with Old Town band. After program, WWII and Korean War veterans who do not have walking stick may obtain one. Museum open free after program.

BREWER – Dedication ceremony and unveiling of Brewer’s new Veteran’s Memorial, just outside doors of Brewer Auditorium, will take place this morning just before the Memorial Day parade. Public dedication is scheduled for 8:30-9:10 a.m. May 28, and the parade begins around 10:15 a.m. in Bangor. A bus will be available at the end of the ceremony to transport those in the Memorial Day parade. For information, call Brewer City Hall, 989-7500.

DEXTER – Memorial Day parade will leave municipal parking lot behind Bangor Savings Bank at 10 a.m. today. It will exit onto Lower Main Street, proceed up Main to traffic light, turn onto Church Street and march to Dam Street and Veterans Memorial Park, where a service will be held. The Dexter Regional High School band will participate.

HOWLAND – Lee Graham Post 97 will conduct Memorial Day services at 11:45 a.m. today with participation of Leveille-Shorey VFW Post 9429, and Knights of Columbus Council 5524 of Lincoln-Howland. Company B of Maine 20th Civil War re-enactment group will perform at the following cemeteries:

. 8 a.m. – Seboeis

. 8:30 a.m. – West Enfield

. 8:50 a.m. – Passadumkeag

. 9:10 a.m. – Gould’s Ridge

. 9:40 a.m. – Lowell

. 10:05 a.m. – Enfield

. 10:25 a.m. – Dodlin Road

. 10:45 a.m. – Edinburg

. 11 a.m. – Howland

All units and dignitaries participating in the parade will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Howland Town Park with parade start of 11:45 a.m. Post 97 Auxiliary will serve breakfast 6:30-7:30 a.m. for all participating in the Memorial Day honors to the cemeteries. Hot dogs and refreshments will be available at American Legion Mini Park beginning at 10 a.m.

HOULTON – Memorial Day events being organized by American Legion Post 47 will start at 9:30 a.m. today at Soldiers Hill in Houlton Cemetery. A parade from TD Banknorth parking lot to Monument Park will begin at 10:30 a.m., with ceremonies on North Street Bridge for those who died at sea. Ceremony at the park afterward.

ISLAND FALLS – Island Falls VFW is organizing a parade, to begin at 1 p.m. today. The procession will start at Island Falls Municipal Building and march to the cemetery. Anyone who would like to participate is invited to join the parade.

OAKFIELD – The parade will begin at 10 a.m. today starting at Oakfield Community Center and proceeding through town to the grocery store. After the parade, a brief ceremony will follow at the cemetery in Oakfield.

OLD TOWN – Old Town VFW Post 3381 and the Ladies Auxiliary invites people to refreshments at 9 a.m. and a parade at 9:30 a.m. today. The parade will leave the VFW Post proceed as follows: first observance at Bradley cemetery; second observance at memorial in Milford Park; third observance at Memorial Park in Old Town; fourth observance at Veterans Memorial on Indian Island; last observance at Memorial at VFW on Water Street.

ORONO – The Orono Memorial Day Parade begins this morning at 10 a.m. at the Orono High School parking lot and proceed down Main Street (Route 2) to end at American Legion Hall.

PATTEN – The Patten Women’s Club is organizing this year’s Memorial Day events, to kick off with a parade beginning at 10 a.m. today at Mount Heights facility and proceed to cemetery for a ceremony.

PROSPECT – Memorial Day will be observed today. The parade will form one mile south of intersection of Route 1A and Route 174 by Ray Webb’s barn and begin at noon. Jerry W. Dobbins American Legion Post 157 from Sandy Point and Stockton will lead off, with honor cars carrying veterans and veterans’ widows Lurline Webb, Vivian Smart and Rebecca Maguire. Bucksport Middle School band will play during the parade and again at Veterans Memorial in center of town. The parade will make a short stop at Maple Grove Cemetery for flag raising and a salute by the American Legion, then continue to the center of town for Memorial Day services.