PARIS — Veterans are invited to participate in the annual Memorial Day parade, Monday, May 25,

Sponsored by the Foster-Carroll American Legion Post 72 of Paris, the procession will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the lower parking lot of the Oxford County Courthouse at 26 Western Ave. It will head down Western Avenue to Market Square, Maple Street and end at Riverside Cemetery. The Rev. Kevin Smart of South Paris Baptist Church will do the invocation.

Sports teams, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and veterans’ organizations are invited to march in the parade, according to Sarah Glynn, Post 72 commander.

The grand marshals are longtime firefighters George Brown, Deputy Fire Chief Willie Buffington, Ben Conant and Fire Chief Brad Frost. All were honored at a selectmen meeting this year “for their extraordinary years of service,” Glynn said.

Guest speaker is Sen. Jim Hamper, R-Oxford. The Legion is putting together a band for the festivities.

After the cemetery service, everyone is invited to the American Legion Hall at 12 Church St. for refreshments.