Services held in Chesterville, Farmington, Jay, Livermore Falls and Wilton.
Memorial Day 2021
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Soldiers buried at Pownalborough Courthouse honored on Memorial Day
Veterans from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War are buried at the historic site in Dresden.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Skowhegan marks Memorial Day with parade, ceremonies
In Waterville, the Forest J. Pare Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1285 held a morning ceremony at Castonguay Square, next to City Hall, and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Two Cent Bridge at Head of Falls, along the Kennebec River.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Honoring and remembering our fallen service members for Memorial Day
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Piecing together the life and tragic death of a Lewiston Civil War POW
A young Oxford-born soldier named Stephen L.T. Mariner died in 1864 in one of the Civil War’s most brutal prisoner-of-war camps, but much of his life remained lost to history. For Memorial Day, the Sun Journal pieced together a portrait of a young man through what was left of his legacy: a collage of records, documents and one local gravestone.
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Hallowell Legion to hold Memorial Day services
HALLOWELL — The Goodrich-Caldwell American Legion Post 6 plans to conduct a Memorial Day service at 10 a.m. Monday, May 31. The service will begin at the Civil War Monument at the South end of the Hallowell Cemetery, then proceed to the north end at the Legion Park. Members will next travel to the Hallowell […]
Posted inCommunity
Anson, Madison, Starks to observe Memorial Day
Tardiff-Belanger American Legion Post 39, Madison, plans to offer the following Memorial Day observances for Monday, May 31: • 9 a.m. Starks Town Office, 57 Anson Road; • 9:30 a.m., Anson Town Office, followed by scattering of flowers off the bridge, 21 Kennebec St.; • 10 a.m., Madison Library, 12 Old Point Ave.; • 10:30 […]
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal
Whitefield plans Memorial Day celebration
The Whitefield Historical Society plans to celebrate Memorial Day at 10 a.m. Monday, May 31, at the town Veterans’ Memorial at 36 Town House Road. The ceremony will be held outdoors because of CDC safety precautions, and will include the traditional flag raising and songs. This year the program will feature the passing of the […]
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Veterans’ to be remembered at ceremonies across central Maine on Memorial Day
Veterans’ organizations plan services in Starks, Madison, Anson and East Madison, and at three locations in Waterville.