Dave Chase and his sons Rhett, center, and Penn place flags at a veteran’s gravestone Saturday at Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston. More than 35 volunteers helped place 1,700 American flags throughout the cemetery, according to event organizer Leo Baillargeon of the Knights of Columbus Council 106. Both Rhett Chase, 5, and Penn, 8, had baseball games to play in after helping Saturday. Approximately 4,000 more flags will be placed Sunday at the grave of each veteran at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Lewiston. Volunteers should be there by 10 a.m. to help. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Memorial Day services are planned honor U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the armed forces will be held mostly Monday in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. Lewiston has a ceremony planned for Saturday
SATURDAY
Ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday — The L&A Veterans Council plans a wreath-laying ceremony and dedication of the 1960s-era M60A3 tank at Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street in Lewiston.
MONDAY
Wreath laying 7 a.m. Monday — Jay VFW Post 3335 will be holding wreath-laying services at the Leeds War Memorial, Route 106 and Church Hill Road
Wreath laying 7:35 a.m. Monday — Jay VFW Post 3335 will be holding wreath-laying services at the Fayette War Memorial, Route 17, 2589 Main Street
Wreath laying 8:05 a.m. Monday — Jay VFW Post 3335 will be holding wreath-laying services at the Livermore Falls Union Park, corner of Park and Unions streets
Memorial Day Mass at 8:15 a.m. Monday — The Parish of the Holy Savior will celebrate mass at St. John Cemetery on Isthmus Road in Rumford
Wreath laying 8:25 a.m. Monday — Jay VFW Post 3335 will be holding wreath-laying services at the Jay War Memorial, Chisholm Square, Route 4 and Jewel Street
Wreath laying 8:40 a.m. Monday — Jay VFW Post 3335 will be holding wreath-laying services at the Livermore Falls Memorial Bridge, Route 4
Ceremony at 9 a.m. Monday — American Legion Post #61 Norton-Wuori, Kingfield
9:05 a.m. Monday — Jay VFW Post 3335 will be holding wreath-laying services at the Livermore Brettuns War Memorial, Route 4/Federal Road and Church Street
Service at 9:30 a.m. Monday — World War I Memorial Arch, North Main Street, Farmington.
Ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday — Anderson-Staples American Legion Post No. 112 plans to hold an outdoor Memorial Day celebration at the 169 King St. post in Oxford.
Wreath laying at 10 a.m. Monday — Civil War, World War II and Modern Wars memorials, Meetinghouse Park, Farmington.
Memorial Day Mass at 10 a.m. Monday — Bishop Robert Deeley plans to celebrate the mass for all at St. Peter’s Cemetery, 217 Switzerland Road in Lewiston.
Wreath laying at 10:30 a.m. Monday — Legion officers will place a wreath at the post on the corner of High and Middle streets.
Tribute at 10 a.m. — Residents and friends will walk from the Dave Archer Town Office, 409 Dutch Gap Road to the Meeting House on Borough Road in Chesterville.
Parade at 10:30 a.m. Monday — Participants will line up at the Ring-McKeen American Legion on Church Street and march to the Finnish Cemetery on Pioneer Street in West Paris.
Parade at 11 a.m. — Town parade to start at the Wayne Community Church parking lot, 22 Old Winthrop Road, and march down Main Street in Wayne.
Ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday — Mundt-Allen Post 81 of the American Legion will hold an observance at the Veterans Memorial on Main Street in Bethel.
Ceremony at 1 p.m. Monday — Ceremony starts at the Veterans Monument in Woodstock, and a parade will travel to the Lakeside Cemetery.
March at t 1:30 p.m. — Participants will march from the town hall on School Street to the Weld Public Library on Route 142 in Weld.
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