BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240528 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:Memorial Weekend Activities DESCRIPTION:Ayer\n \n\nThe Joseph M. Connors American Legion Post 139 of Ayer announces the 2024 Memorial Day Events in Ayer as follows:\n\n\n\nMay 25\, 2024 Memorial Day Services and Parade:\n\n8:30am: Legion Memorial Service at Woodlawn Cemetery\n\n9:00am: Legion Memorial Service at St. Mary's Cemetery\n\n10:00am: Parade steps off towards Town Hall (Parade route down Park Street and onto Main Street)\n\n10:30am: Parade stops at the Town Hall for brief Memorial Service.\n\n10:45am: Parade continues to Pirone Park for final Memorial Service.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShirley\n\n \n\nMemorial Day Events for Post 183 are as follows:\n\nFlag placement at cemeteries \n\nSaturday\, May 18th 9am. Meet at the Legion. Any help will be appreciated\n\nShirley Memorial Day events:\n\nSaturday\, May 25th. All Veterans are asked to meet at the Legion at 8am\n\nCeremonies will be held as follows:\n\n9:30 Shirley Center\n\n10:15 Harvard Rd Cemetery\n\n10:45 St.Anthony's cemetery (Shaker Rd)\n\n11:00 Maritime Veterans Memorial Bridge\n\n11:15 Fredonian Park\n\n12:30 Parade will start at the Legion and march towards Whitley Park.\n\n1:00pm Ceremony to be held at Whitley Park\n\nAll Veterans are welcome and wanted to join us in all festivities.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \nTownsend\n Memorial Day will be observed in Townsend on Sunday\, May 26. Members of Townsend VFW Post No. 6538 and its Auxiliary\, American Legion Post No. 199 and its Auxiliary\, and DAV Chapter 122 will attend the 10:00 a.m. service at the Townsend Congregational Church as a body. Two parades and a band concert will take place in the afternoon.\n\n \n\n{Read full details here}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDunstable\n\nSunday\, May 26\, 2024 - 1:00pm\n\nVolunteers needed - Details coming soon!\n\n \n\n \n\nWestford\n\n \n\nMemorial Day 2024 - Town wide celebration of\n\nMemorial Day will be held on Sunday\, May 26th.\n\nCeremonies will be conducted at Freedom Park @\n\n8:45 AM\, Forge Village monument @ 9:15 AM\,\n\nGraniteville monument on North Main St @ 9:45 and\n\nthen at Nab Lake\, Byrne Ave. dam at 10:45. On the\n\nTown Common\, the reading of the Honor Rolls will\n\nbegin at 10:20 AM.\n\nCulminating the village ceremonies will be a parade starting at noon from\n\nthe Roudenbush Community Center to the Town Common.\n\nVeterans who would like to participate should meet at Freedom Park at 8:30\n\nAM on Sunday. All are encouraged to commemorate our US servicemembers\n\nwho have died in defense of our country on this holiday weekend. Join us if\n\nyou can.\n\nIf it rains\, we will call it by 6am. The Honor Roll reading and Memorial Day\n\nservice will be moved into the old center fire station at 51 Main St. All other\n\nparades and services will be cancelled. To be Notified of rainout please email\n\nveterans@westfordma.gov\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nHarvard\n\n \n\nThe Town of Harvard Memorial Day exercises will begin at 10 a.m.\, Monday\, May 27\, 2024 to honor those who gave their lives in defense of our country. All veterans are asked to be lined up in front of the Town Hall at 9:45 a.m. Acceptable dress includes uniform or appropriate civilian attire. The parade will proceed from the Town Hall to the Civil War Memorial\, and then onto the Center Cemetery where geraniums will be placed at each Veteran's grave\, by children in attendance. The parade will continue to the World War II\, Korean\, Vietnam and Gulf War Memorial and then move to the World War I Memorial and flagpole for the day's ceremony. Wreaths will be presented at each memorial and Taps played. Upon completion\, the parade will return to the Town Hall where everyone may continue\, by car\, to the Corporal Skillings Memorial in Still River to allow a wreath to be placed and Taps played. All will reassemble at Bellevue Cemetery for a short parade around the cemetery\, placing of a wreath and playing Taps. Children will be invited to assist in placing geraniums at each Veteran's grave.\n\nAll levels of Boy Scouts\, Girl Scouts\, the Police and Fire Departments\, Nashoba Valley Concert Band and all Veterans who wish to walk in the parade\, are welcome.\n\nTimeline of events enclosed. Read more\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nGroton\n\nGroton Memorial Day festivities will start at 9:00AM on Monday\, May 27th 2024.\n\nPlease see the attached flyer showing the parade route. Spectators are encouraged to line Hollis St.\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\nPepperell\n\n \n\n \n\nPepperell Memorial Day Parade\n\nMonday\, May 27\, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. EDT\n\nPepperell Town Hall\n\nOne Main Street\, Pepperell\, MA 01463\n\n \n\nIf you're a veteran\, we invite you to march with us.\n\n \n\nMass at St. Joes Cemetery will begin at 08:15.\n\nPrayer at Woodlawn Cemetery will begin at 09:10\n\nPrayer at Park St Cemetery will begin at 09:35\n\n \n\nParade Route\n\nStep off 10:00 from Town Hall\, 1 Main St Pepperell\n\nMain st Right onto Groton Rd\n\nLeft onto Leighton St\n\nArrive at Pepperell VFW Post 3291\n\n \n\nLunch will be served in the grove.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n Clinton\n\nThe Annual Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade will take place on Monday\, May 27th at 9:00 am. The ceremony will take place in Central Park. The Master of Ceremonies is Michael Dziokonski\, Vietnam War Veteran. American Legion\, Department Vice Commander\, Scott Conner will give the Memorial Day Address.\n\nFollowing the ceremony the parade will start from the corner of Walnut and Union Streets. The parade will make stops at Hamilton Square (Depot Square)\, Woodlawn Cemetery and concludes at St. John's Cemetery.\n\nThere will be a ceremony at Reservoir Pines Cemetery at 8:00 am including an invocation by Rev. Julio Granados\, firing detail by the VFW and TAPS played by the PAV\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nLittleton\n\n Starts at Donelan's - stops at the Common\, Old Cemetery\, Fire Station\, 495 Overpass\, ending at the Westlawn Cemetery.\n\n \n\nWe begin Memorial Day Weekend with a group of volunteers\, including veterans\, scout troops and members of the community\, who go through the town's cemeteries and place an American Flag at the grave of each Veteran of every war\, or conflict. This will happen this year on Saturday\, May 25th starting at 8 a.m. at Westlawn Cemetery. We then end the weekend by marching\, or riding\, in the Town Parade on Monday. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Ayer

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\nThe Joseph M. Connors American Legion Post 139 of Ayer announces the 2024 Memorial Day Events in Ayer as follows:
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\nMay 25\, 2024 Memorial Day Services and Parade:
\n8:30am: \; Legion Memorial Service at Woodlawn Cemetery
\n9:00am: \; Legion Memorial Service at St. Mary&rsquo\;s Cemetery
\n10:00am: \; Parade steps off towards Town Hall (Parade route down Park Street and onto Main Street)
\n10:30am: \; Parade stops at the Town Hall for brief Memorial Service.
\n10:45am: \; Parade continues to Pirone Park for final Memorial Service.
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\nShirley
\n \;
\nMemorial Day Events for Post 183 are as follows:
\nFlag placement at cemeteries&hellip\;
\nSaturday\, May 18th 9am. Meet at the Legion. Any help will be appreciated
\nShirley Memorial Day events:
\nSaturday\, May 25th. \; All Veterans are asked to meet at the Legion at 8am
\nCeremonies will be held as follows:
\n9:30 Shirley Center
\n10:15 \; Harvard Rd Cemetery
\n10:45 St.Anthony&rsquo\;s cemetery (Shaker Rd)
\n11:00 Maritime Veterans Memorial Bridge
\n11:15 Fredonian Park
\n12:30 Parade will start at the Legion and march towards Whitley Park.
\n1:00pm Ceremony to be held at Whitley Park
\nAll Veterans are welcome and wanted to join us in all festivities.
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Townsend

\n \;Memorial Day will be observed in Townsend on Sunday\, May 26. \; \; Members of Townsend VFW Post No. 6538 and its Auxiliary\, American Legion Post No. 199 and its Auxiliary\, and DAV Chapter 122 will attend the 10:00 a.m. service at the Townsend Congregational Church as a body. \; Two parades and a band concert will take place in the afternoon.
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\n{Read full details here}
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\nDunstable
\nSunday\, May 26\, 2024 - 1:00pm
\nVolunteers needed - Details coming soon!
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\nWestford
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\nMemorial Day 2024 - Town wide celebration of
\nMemorial Day will be held on Sunday\, May 26th.
\nCeremonies will be conducted at Freedom Park @
\n8:45 AM\, Forge Village monument @ 9:15 AM\,
\nGraniteville monument on North Main St @ 9:45 and
\nthen at Nab Lake\, Byrne Ave. dam at 10:45. On the
\nTown Common\, the reading of the Honor Rolls will
\nbegin at 10:20 AM.
\nCulminating the village ceremonies will be a parade starting at noon from
\nthe Roudenbush Community Center to the Town Common.
\nVeterans who would like to participate should meet at Freedom Park at 8:30
\nAM on Sunday. All are encouraged to commemorate our US servicemembers
\nwho have died in defense of our country on this holiday weekend. Join us if
\nyou can.
\nIf it rains\, we will call it by 6am. The Honor Roll reading and Memorial Day
\nservice will be moved into the old center fire station at 51 Main St. All other
\nparades and services will be cancelled. To be Notified of rainout please email
\nveterans@westfordma.gov
\n \;
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\nHarvard
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\nThe Town of Harvard Memorial Day exercises will begin at 10 a.m.\, Monday\, May 27\, 2024 to honor those who gave their lives in defense of our country. \; All veterans are asked to be lined up in front of the Town Hall at 9:45 a.m. \; Acceptable dress includes uniform or appropriate civilian attire. \; The parade will proceed from the Town Hall to the Civil War Memorial\, and then onto the Center Cemetery where geraniums will be placed at each Veteran&rsquo\;s grave\, by children in attendance. \; The parade will continue to the World War II\, Korean\, Vietnam and Gulf War Memorial and then move to the World War I Memorial and flagpole for the day&rsquo\;s ceremony. \; Wreaths will be presented at each memorial and Taps played. \; Upon completion\, the parade will return to the Town Hall where everyone may continue\, by car\, to the Corporal Skillings Memorial in Still River to allow a wreath to be placed and Taps played. \; All will reassemble at Bellevue Cemetery for a short parade around the cemetery\, placing of a wreath and playing Taps. \; Children will be invited to assist in placing geraniums at each Veteran&rsquo\;s grave.
\nAll levels of Boy Scouts\, Girl Scouts\, the Police and Fire Departments\, Nashoba Valley Concert Band and all Veterans who wish to walk in the parade\, are welcome.
\nTimeline of events enclosed. \; \; \; \; \; \;Read more
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\nGroton
\nGroton Memorial Day festivities will start at 9:00AM on Monday\, May 27th 2024.
\nPlease see the attached flyer showing the parade route. Spectators are encouraged to line Hollis St.
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\nPepperell
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\nPepperell Memorial Day Parade
\nMonday\, May 27\, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. EDT
\nPepperell Town Hall
\nOne Main Street\, Pepperell\, MA 01463
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\nIf you'\;re a veteran\, we invite you to march with us.
\n \;
\nMass at St. Joes Cemetery will begin at 08:15.
\nPrayer at Woodlawn Cemetery will begin at 09:10
\nPrayer at Park St Cemetery will begin at 09:35
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\nParade Route
\nStep off 10:00 from Town Hall\, 1 Main St Pepperell
\nMain st Right onto Groton Rd
\nLeft onto Leighton St
\nArrive at Pepperell VFW Post 3291
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\nLunch will be served in the grove.
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\n \;Clinton
\nThe Annual Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade will take place on \;Monday\, May 27th at 9:00 am. \;The ceremony will take place in Central Park.  \;The Master of Ceremonies is Michael Dziokonski\, Vietnam War Veteran.  \;American Legion\, Department Vice Commander\, Scott Conner will give the Memorial Day Address.
\nFollowing the ceremony the parade will start from the corner of Walnut and Union Streets. The parade will make stops at Hamilton Square (Depot Square)\, Woodlawn Cemetery and concludes at St. John'\;s Cemetery.
\nThere will be a ceremony at Reservoir Pines Cemetery at \;8:00 am \;including an invocation by Rev. Julio Granados\, firing detail by the VFW and TAPS played by the PAV
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\nLittleton
\n \;Starts at Donelan'\;s - stops at the Common\, Old Cemetery\, Fire Station\, 495 Overpass\, ending at the Westlawn Cemetery.
\n \;
\nWe begin Memorial Day Weekend with a group of volunteers\, including veterans\, scout troops and members of the community\, who go through the town&rsquo\;s cemeteries and place an American Flag at the grave of each Veteran of every war\, or conflict.  \;This will happen this year on Saturday\, May 25th starting at 8 a.m. at Westlawn Cemetery.  \;We then end the weekend by marching\, or riding\, in the Town Parade on Monday. \;
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