Acushnet
Please join the Town of Acushnet and our Veterans in honoring those that gave the ultimate sacrifice. At Veterans Park on Saturday May 24th at 930am for our ceremony. There will be refreshments served at Acushnet Veterans of Foreign Wars 28 Roosevelt St., following program. (inclement weather ceremony will be held In doors at Acushnet American Legion, 71 Hope St.)
Fairhaven Memorial Day Parade
Fairhaven will hold its annual Memorial Day parade on Mon. 5/26. Marchers will meet at the corner of Main and Union at 8:30 with the parade stepping off at 9:00. They will march to Riverside Cemetery where there will be a ceremony.
If the weather does not cooperate we will have a service at the senior center at 10:00. Regardless of the weather there will be a gathering at the senior center following.
Veterans who wish to participate but are not able to march, can ride in the Council on Aging van. Vans will leave the Senior Center at 8:15 a.m., 229 Huttleston Ave., Fairhaven (near Stop and Shop)
New Bedford
Saturday, May 24
9 a.m. at Rural Cemetery, 149 Dartmouth St. The Greater New Bedford Civil War Roundtable will conduct its annual Remembrance Service in the Civil War section of the cemetery. The service will include a wreath-laying, presentations of Logan’s Order and the Gettysburg Address, and musical selections.
Sunday, May 25
10 a.m. at Pine Grove Cemetery, 1100 Ashley Blvd. New Bedford American Legion Post One will conduct a Memorial Day exercise at the Veterans’ plot.
12 p.m. at City Hall, 133 William St. New Bedford American Legion Post One will conduct a Memorial Day exercise at the Vietnam Veterans’ Honor Roll on the William Street side of the building.
Monday, May 26 (Memorial Day)
8:15 a.m. at Rural Cemetery, 149 Dartmouth St. New Bedford American Legion Post One will conduct a Memorial Day exercise at the Veterans’ plot.
10 a.m. at Pier 3, 51 MacArthur Dr. The New Bedford Port Society’s annual Fishermen’s Memorial Day Service will follow a procession from Seaman’s Bethel. In the event of rain, the event will be held inside Seaman’s Bethel.
11:30 a.m. New Bedford Memorial Day PARADE This year’s parade is presented by the City of New Bedford, the Veterans’ Services Department, the City Council, and the Veterans’ Advisory Board.
The parade will form at the intersection of Hathaway Boulevard and Parker Street beginning around 10:30 a.m. before stepping off at 11:30 a.m.
The grand marshal of this year’s parade is Virginia Senna-Davis, a New Bedford native who served nine years in the U.S. Navy followed by a long career in healthcare administration with veterans’ services organizations. She is a fixture at the Disabled American Veterans in New Bedford, where she volunteers assisting veterans and their families navigate the claims process and access benefits.
The parade will march east on Parker Street to County Street, where it will turn left and head north on County Street. The parade will then turn right to head east on Pope Street, where it will make its final turn into Clasky Common Park.
There will be a Memorial Day service at the reviewing stand at the conclusion of the parade.
All participants are encouraged to stay and take part in the service, which includes the reading of the Gettysburg Address, Logan’s Orders, and roll call of New Bedford veterans who have passed away. Family and friends of veterans who have passed away are invited to bring a flower to the service and place it at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in remembrance.
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