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Memorial Day
Auburn’s Memorial Day celebration has parade, art show
The city is seeking volunteers to participate in the two events.
Oxford American Legion hosts Memorial Day ceremony
OXFORD — Remember the sacrifices. Scores of Oxford residents and friends ranging in age from 2 to their 90s gathered Monday at the Anderson Staples Post 112 American Legion on King Street for a 90-minute ceremony that underscored service, sacrifice, teamwork, community and history. The ceremony, hosted by master of ceremonies First Vice Joseph Casalinova, […]
Veterans’ sacrifices remembered in Jay and Livermore Falls
By Barry Matulaitis, Staff Editor JAY — Jay and Livermore Falls residents lined the streets Monday for the annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony. “Our purpose here today is to commemorate the sacrifice of the men and women who have lost their lives in the service of our country,” said Rep. Tina Riley, D-Jay, the […]
Sabattus commemorates Memorial Day with parade
The Sabattus parade started at the post headquarters on Island Road, continuing to Main, Elm, Hemlock and Grove streets, before ending at the veterans monument where services were held. The Oak Hill Middle/High School Band and Oak Hill High School Voices of Color performed prior to the wreath-laying ceremony. (Will Fessenden/Sun Journal) Sheri Ridgeway of […]
Bishop Deeley helps mark a solemn Memorial Day
Fernand Labbe, an Army veteran, and his wife Pauline, of Lewiston, say a prayer at the family headstone they just placed a bouquet of flowers on Monday morning at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Lewiston, a Memorial Day tradition. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Bishop Robert Deeley greets Diane Beaucage, right, and her mother Lorraine Masse, both of […]
Oxford American Legion hosts Memorial Day ceremony
OXFORD — Remember the sacrifices. Scores of Oxford residents and friends ranging in age from 2 to their 90s gathered Monday at the Anderson Staples Post 112 American Legion on King Street for a 90-minute ceremony that underscored service, sacrifice, teamwork, community and history. The ceremony, hosted by master of ceremonies First Vice Joseph Casalinova, […]
South Paris Memorial Day parade, service draws large crowd
PARIS — More than 100 people gathered for a Memorial Day parade and service Monday morning that began in front of the Oxford County courthouse and ended at the Veterans Monument at Moore Park. State Rep. Kathleen Dillingham, R-Oxford, told residents that Memorial Day is a day “to remember the men and women who died […]
Hundreds attend New Gloucester parade and ceremony
NEW GLOUCESTER — Undaunted by gray skies and cool weather, hundreds Monday lined the Memorial Day parade route from Memorial School to the Veterans Monument at Route 100 for a solemn ceremony of remembrance. The parade brought Boy Scouts, politicians, political parties and political candidates together with a cheerleading group, pets, a tractor, a horse […]
Veterans’ sacrifices remembered in Jay and Livermore Falls
JAY — Jay and Livermore Falls residents lined the streets Monday for the annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony. “Our purpose here today is to commemorate the sacrifice of the men and women who have lost their lives in the service of our country,” said Rep. Tina Riley, D-Jay, the keynote speaker at the ceremony. […]