Dover
Woodman Museum annual Memorial Day Tribute, Monday, May 31, 11 a.m. at Pine Hill Cemetery at the GAR Monument, 137 Central Ave., Dover. (Enter at the Central Avenue entrance to proceed to the top of the hill). Ceremony will include brief remarks, a wreath laying, a Taps performance by the N.H. National Guard and a Civil War cannon salute. Following the ceremony, packets will be available detailing six of the city s many Civil War soldiers who were killed in action and buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery. Visitors are encouraged to visit their graves and pay their respects. At noon, trained artillery experts will conduct a Civil War cannon firing demonstration at the lower Pine Hill Cemetery fields (south of South Watson Road).
Memorial Day is more than just a day off from work or school, an excellent occasion for a backyard barbeque or a chance to travel (assuming you’re fully vaccinated). Those things do speak to the holiday’s true spirit. But above all else, Memorial Day honors Americans who have died in service to their country.
Wicked Local
The United Veterans Council of Woburn and the City of Woburn’s Veteran’s Office invite the residents of Woburn to participate in the annual Memorial Day ceremony on Monday May 31, on Woburn Common, beginning at 9 a.m.
The public is also welcome at the following Memorial Day Week activities:
- Friday May 28 at 9 a.m.: Flags at Calvary Cemetery: Volunteer to put flags on graves with the George A. Campbell American Legion Post 101.
- Saturday May 29 at 8 a.m.: Flags at Woodbrook Cemetery: If you would like to volunteer to put flags on graves with the VFW Post 543, please join them at the cemetery.
For the seventh year in row, hundreds of American flags will be on display at Gaithersburg’s Bohrer Park during Memorial Day. This year, the flags are being placed not just in memory of those who died fighting for this country, but also front line heroes as well. This Memorial Day weekend, 750 eight-foot tall American […]