Memorial Day
Dedicated Desjardins
Five members of a local military family will be honored at L-A’s Memorial Day event Retired Maj. Gen. Susan Desjardins had just finished giving a talk in New Hampshire a couple of years ago when an elderly gentleman approached her and said he knew her late father, Albert. Donat Veilleux had brought a copy […]
Rumford, Mexico parade-goers reminded ‘that freedom isn’t free’
RUMFORD — Memorial Day was observed Monday under ideal, summer-like conditions with a parade and ceremonies at the Rotary Memorial Green in Rumford and at Veterans’ Memorial Green in Mexico. The annual tribute to those who fell in battle defending our country was held by members of Napoleon Ouellette Post 24 of the American Legion. […]
Veterans to dedicate memorial bench in Der Boghosian’s honor
LEWISTON — Jerry Der Boghosian spent a lifetime advocating for veterans until his death last year at age 91. Veterans from Lewiston and Auburn will memorialize that commitment on Saturday. After a Memorial Day parade through the Twin Cities, veterans will unveil a stone bench in Der Boghosian’s honor, next to the granite monuments at […]
Bath Memorial Day parade canceled after Legion post’s gambling scandal
BATH — Smith-Tobey American Legion Post No. 21 in Bath has pleaded guilty to Class B felony aggravated unlawful gambling for an operation that the district attorney’s office says took in “hundreds of thousands of dollars” over many years. As a result, Bath’s Memorial Day parade, which the post has sponsored for decades, will not […]
D. Wilkinson: A classic picture
The picture on the front page of the Sun Journal on May 27 was a perfect Memorial Day moment in time. If Norman Rockwell were still painting, he would latch onto it and paint another Americana classic for us all. Veteran father Shawn Coffin watching over his son, and the son holding the flag and […]
Hundreds honor the fallen at New Gloucester service
NEW GLOUCESTER — Honoring America’s military on Memorial Day, hundreds of people gathered along a milelong-plus parade route from Memorial School to the Lunn Hunnewell AMVETS Post 6 hall on Route 100. Gold Star mothers, Gray-New Gloucester middle and high schools bands and AMVETS gathered at the site of the future veterans memorial in Upper […]