Memorial Day is set aside to remember servicemen who gave their lives in the belief that they were acting to support freedom and justice. A suitable memorial would be for all of us to do our part to reduce conflict and injustice throughout the world. We can teach peace in our homes, welcome refugees, support […]
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Memorial Day observed in Wilton, Farmington
Memorial Day events are planned Sunday in Wilton and Monday in Farmington. In Wilton at 1 p.m. a memorial observance at the monument downtown will include speakers, a wreath placed on the monument and one dropped into the brook. A procession will go from the monument to the Wilton Lions Club on Main Street, where […]
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Paris lists Memorial Day program
PARIS — The Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 29, will step off at 10:30 a.m. from the lower parking lot heading to Moore Park, led by grand marshals Dominik and Diane Klinger. The Memorial Day events at Moore Park will include: First Vice Commander Joseph Woodbury, master of ceremonies, will give the welcome address […]
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Honoring our veterans
Jim Handy of Lewiston looks closely at a gravestone at Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston Saturday morning as he checks to see if the person buried there was a veteran. Volunteers placed flags in front of the gravestones of veterans Saturday morning in cemeteries throughout the state in preparation for the upcoming Memorial Day Celebration on […]
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Navy veteran to speak at Wayne Memorial Day service
WAYNE — Steven Woodsum, U.S. Navy veteran, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Memorial Day service on Monday, May 29. The Memorial Day Committee is working with the 3rd Maine and the Maranacook High School and Middle School bands to create an appropriate reflection and observance. A schedule of events is as follows: […]
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3 awards given at Workers’ Memorial Day Dinner
LEWISTON — Almost two-dozen workers who died last year in job-related accidents were honored at the 11th annual Workers’ Memorial Day and May Day Dinner at the Dolard and Priscilla Gendron Franco Center on Sunday. The event was sponsored by the Western Maine Labor Council, AFL-CIO. “We’re doing better, but we are still not where we […]
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Post 24, American Legion, to host Memorial Day parade
RUMFORD — Members of Napoleon Ouellette Post 24, American Legion, will observe Memorial Day on May 29 with a parade along with ceremonies at the Rotary Memorial Green in Rumford and the Veterans Memorial Green in Mexico. The American Legion is calling all area veterans to participate in this year’s parade. Rides will be provided for […]
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Local veterans council lining up Memorial Day marchers
LEWISTON — The L&A Veterans Council will hold the annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony on Saturday, May 27. The parade will form at Kennedy Park at 8:30 a.m. and will leave at 9:30. The council is asking anyone interested to participate, such as musical units, honor or color guards, marching units, antique cars, military […]
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Peru teen growing flowers for veterans' graves
Katelyn “Kit-Kat” Carlow of Peru plants flower seeds with her grandfather, David Gammon, of Peru. Her goal is to plant flowers on veterans’ graves in cemeteries for Memorial Day. MEXICO — Katelyn “Kit-Kat” Carlow of Peru is raising flowers to put on veterans’ graves for Memorial Day. The 17-year-old said that as long as she can […]
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Keeping this country free
I watched “Saving Private Ryan” on Memorial Day. In that movie, a family lost three of their four sons and it made me think of my sons. I have three serving in the Army — one just back from Afghanistan, one in Kuwait and one who is a patient at Walter Reed Hospital. When I […]