Schedule of Events in Upton on Memorial Day Monday, May 29
Veterans’ Counsel
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- John Robertson
- Robert Richard
- Russell Wood
- Donald Keniston
- David Kennedy
- Richard Kennedy
7:30 a.m. Meet at VFW
8:00 a.m. Lakeview Cemetery
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- Assemble at Lakeview Cemetery Gate on North Main Street
- Veteran’s Memorial
- Firing Squad Steve Walsh – Officer of the Day
- Prayer – Doug Keniston
- Bugler – Andrew Oglesby
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8:15 a.m. Maplewood Cemetery
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- Rev. George S. Ball Gravesite
- Prayer – Russell W. Wood
- VFW and AL Firing Squad
- George L. Wood Gravsite
- Prayer Donald Keniston
- VFW and AL Firing Squad
- Rev. George S. Ball Gravesite
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8:45 a.m. Old Burial Ground Grove Street
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- Reading Joan Burrell
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9:45 a.m. Parade Assembly Memorial School
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- Parade Marshalls
- Russell W. Wood
- Sean Craig
- Parade Marshalls
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10:15 a.m. Parade to Center of Upton
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- Officer of the Day Steve Walsh
- Miscoe 6th Grade Band under the direction of Lauren Amitrano
- Miscoe 7th & 8th Grade Band under the direction of Anthony Amitrano
- Nipmuc Regional HS Band under the direction of Simon Harding
- Town Organizations
- Officer of the Ceremony Russell W. Wood
- Fourth Verse of National Anthem
- Joseph McMahon
- Invocation
- Fr. Larry Brault – St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish
- Greeting of the Town
- Bob Fleming– Chairman Upton Board of Selectmen
- Stephen Matellian – Selectman
- Gary Daugherty – Selectman
- Music Selection
- Nipmuc Regional High School Band
- “In Flanders Field”
- Read by Girl Scout Maya Williamson
- A Roll Call of the Deceased
- World War One Monument
- Russell W. Wood
- Shawn Craig
- World War One Monument
- “Remember – Not To Forget”
- Read by Lorrie Loeper and Whitney Loeper
- VFW Roll Call of the Deceased
- WWII, Korea, Vietnam Monuments
- Bob Fleming, Steve Wickstrom
- WWII, Korea, Vietnam Monuments
- Benediction
- Pastor Lourey – United Parish of Upton
- National Anthem
- Nipmuc Regional High School Band
- Officer of the Day Steve Walsh
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