Whately Memorial Day Ceremony & Parade

The event begins at the Whately Congregational Church at 10 a.m. At 11:15 a.m., the parade will leave the church and participants will walk to the nearby cemetery, where the local Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter will lay a wreath on a veteran’s grave. The group will then return to the town’s war memorial in front of Town Hall for the rest of the ceremony.

The keynote speaker will be the Rev. Cynthia Crosson-Harrington, of the Whately Congregational Church. The Frontier Regional School Marching Band will provide marching music and a solo trumpeter will play taps at the cemetery and war memorial. This year’s event also includes Whately Elementary School students, with grades one through three drawing patriotic pictures and students in fourth through sixth grades invited to write a one-page story about freedom.

The parade will include public safety departments and members of the public. Folks with antique vehicles, tractors or trucks are welcome to participate.