Upton Memorial Day Events 2017

Schedule of Events in Upton on Memorial Day Monday, May 29

Veterans’ Counsel

• • 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 

• • • 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

8:15 a.m. Maplewood Cemetery

• • • 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

8:45 a.m. Old Burial Ground Grove Street

• • • Reading Joan Burrell

9:45 a.m. Parade Assembly Memorial School

• • • Parade Marshalls
      • Russell W. Wood
      • Sean Craig

10:15 a.m. Parade to Center of Upton

• • • 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
    • “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
    • Benediction
      • Pastor Lourey – United Parish of Upton
    • National Anthem
      • Nipmuc Regional High School Band