Newburyport celebrates Memorial Day with a parade, a memorial service at city hall and waterfront ceremony for fallen Coastgaurdsmen. Marchers in the parade are asked to assemble at the CVS on pond Street at 10:15am. The parade will then head to City Hall for a ceremony at 11am.
Following the ceremony, the parade will reassemble for a Memorial March to the Waterfront to meet a Coastguard Cutter stationed just off the boardwalk for a ceremony commemorating Coast Guard & Navy veterans, as well as Marine Merchant Sailors.
After the waterfront ceremony, the parade will proceed to the Veteran's Cemetery for a final ceremony. The ceremony will end with a benediction and taps.
If it rains, ceremonies will be held inside the City Hall Auditorium.
Full Schedule
- 10:15 Gather at CVS Parking Lot, Pond Street, to begin a parade to Newburyport City Hall
- 11:00 (City Hall) Major Jon-Eric Bourkhardt, Salvation Army - Invocation
- National Anthem – Newburyport High School Marching Band
- Pledge of Allegiance performed by local scouts
- Recitation of Recently Departed Veterans –Mayor Sean Reardon
- Selected Remarks – Kevin Hunt VSO
- Armed Forces Medley – Newburyport High School Marching Band
- Proceed to Waterfront next to Tuscan Restaurant.
- Proceed to Veterans Cemetery for the Benediction & Taps
- Commander Larry Sostak of the Newburyport Disabled American Veterans will be standing at honor guard at the Cemetery for the day.
In case of rain, the ceremony will be in the City Hall Auditorium
When:
Monday, May 27, 2024 10am-1pm
Location:
Phone:
978.465.4413
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