Massachusetts Veterans Day Events and Parades 2008
Massachusetts Veterans Day Parades 2008
Amesbury Annual Veterans Day Parade: November 11, 2008
The annual Amesbury Annual Veterans Day Parade steps off at 10:00 a.m. from the Amesbury Fire Station located at 17 School Street in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Watch the procession make its way to Huntington Square and Main Street. The parade ends at Amesbury Middle School, located at 222 Main Street, at the Dough Boy Statue.
Music will be provided by the youthful Amesbury High School Marching Band. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2016 will honor veterans with a gun salute.
Rain location for the ceremony is the auditorium in the Amesbury Town Hall, located at 62 Friend Street in Amesbury, Massachusetts 01913-2825. For more information please call (978) 388-8136.
Boston Veterans Day Parade: November 11, 2008
Bostonians honor veterans with their Boston Veterans Day Parade which starts at 1:00 p.m at the Boston Common. The parade heads down Charles Street to Boylston Street, Tremont Street, to Cambridge and then to City Hall plaza, according to the American Legion. Parade viewers may be lucky enough to receive one of the flags being handed out by the American Legion Auxiliary. The free Boston event takes place at City Hall Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts. For more information please call (617) 635-4455.
Lexington Veteran's Day Parade & Ceremonies: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Lexington Veteran's Day Parade starts at 10:00 a.m. at the White House located at 1557 Massachusetts Avenue and then stops at the Korean/Vietnam War Memorial. The parade continues down Massachusetts Avenue to Meriam Street and then to the VFW Memorial.
The high school band will part ways and continue down Bedford Street to Buckman Tavern. The entire parade regroups at Bedford Street and turns left on Harrington Road, stopping for a ceremony at the Battle Green.
Assemble parade at 9:30 a.m. at the White House, 1557 Massachusetts Avenue. Parade steps off at 10:00 a.m.
Plymouth Veterans Day Parade: November 11, 2008
The Plymouth Veterans Day Parade in historic Plymouth, Massachusetts starts at 9:30 a.m. The parade marches down Court Street to Cherry Street. From Cherry Street, the marchers head west on Standish Avenue and stop at the playground for a mid-parade ceremony. The parade then heads south to Hamilton Street and to Memorial Hall on Court Street. A ceremony honoring WWII veterans takes place here. Another ceremony follows, at the Vietnam and Korean memorials. The parade winds down as it heads to the World War II Bridge.
Uxbridge Veterans Day: Sunday November 9, 2008
The Uxbridge Veterans Day celebration occurs on Sunday.
Worcester: 55th Annual Veterans' Day Ceremony and the 90th Annual Observance of Armistice Day: November 11, 2008
Worcester's 55th Annual Veterans' Day Ceremony and the 90th Annual Observance of Armistice Day takes place from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday November 11, 2008. The parade starts at Glennie Street and Grove Street and continues to 44 Salsibury Street, the location of the Massachusetts National Guard Military Museum.
Sources
American Legion (phone call)
City of Worcester, http://www.ci.worcester.ma.us
Town of Amesbury, http://www.ci.amesbury.ma.us/home.nfs?a=amesbury&l=;ARTICLES;ARTICLE_ID='4006'
Town of Lexington, http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=02420
Uxbridge, http://www.uxbridge-ma.gov
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No school in MA, for the second Tuesday in a row.
Great article, as usual. Do kids have off from school today in MA? In NJ post office and banks are closed but the kidlets have school!
Very interesting article. Thanks for sharing.
The television is playing "Soldier Boy" from years ago. How fiting to remember all of the men and woman who serve our country allowing us to have the freedoms we have. Being a widow of a disabled vet makes me love this country more. Sometimes I get frustrated as my husband did when people knock this Country because they can leave anytime they want to. No one keeps them here or would kill their family if they left and took up citizenship in another country. God bless America and hopefully the rest of the world with freedom as we have so we can enjoy the beauty that God has created.
Great work!
Very well written
So glad Mass. still does parades. They had them for every imaginable holiday when I was a kid and it was so much fun.
Good job, Pam. Great photo, also. Hartford had its Veterans Day parade last Sunday. ? I saw part of it.
Good work, Pam.