WESTBROOK
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. – Necrology citywide roll call, Westbrook First Baptist Church, 733 Main St. The roll call of deceased residents will be read by Mayor Bruce Chuluda and Laurent E. Senechal, vice commander at American Legion Post 62.
Monday, 8 a.m. – Veterans will hold ceremonies at the Veterans Rest and the grave of Stephen W. Manchester in Woodlawn Cemetery, Stroudwater Street.
The annual parade will form at 9:30 a.m., Monday, at the intersection of Longfellow Street and New Gorham Road. World War II veteran Arthur O. Caron of Gorham is this year’s grand marshal. Caron is a 50-year member of Post 62 in Westbrook.
The parade steps off at 10 a.m. and moves along Main Street to Riverbank Park for ceremonies. A Korean War Memorial will also be dedicated.
For more information, contact Bob Barton at 854-2961 or Russ Glidden, 252-6653.
GORHAM VILLAGE
Monday, 8 a.m. – Parade will form at the Robie Gym on South Street. Units in the parade include Gorham Police and Fire and Rescue departments along with the Gorham High School Band and scout groups. At 9 a.m., the parade will start and proceed down Main Street to the Eastern Cemetery for a ceremony. The Rev. Phil Gage, interim pastor at Bar Mills Community Church, Buxton, will speak. The parade will re-form, march up New Portland Road and return to South Street to lay two wreaths at memorials in Phinney Park.
LITTLE FALLS
Monday, 10:30 a.m. – Units will line up at Depot Street in South Windham. The Little Falls parade, which starts at 11 a.m., will pause on the bridge on Route 202 to toss a wreath into the Presumpscot River and play taps. Following the brief ceremony, the parade will continue to Huston Road for a short ceremony at Hillside Cemetery. Gage will give the address.
Parade organizer George Gerrish, commander of Gorham Memorial Post 10879 of the VFW, welcomes all civic organizations and veterans to march. Contact Gerrish at 727-6965.
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