Memorial Day is a day to remember, honor, and mourn the Americans who have died in our country’s wars. Local commemorations were held May 27 with the laying of wreaths on the Town Common, Town Center Cemetery, Skillings Memorial in Still River, Bellevue Cemetery, and Shaker Cemetery on South Shaker Road.
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Veterans march down Fairbank Street toward the Civil War Memorial.
Though a somber ceremony, veterans like Carl Sciple, above, enjoy catching up with friends before the parade starts.
Keynote speaker Rachael Schmoyer stresses the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
From left: Third-graders from Brownie Troop 65339 Sierra Sutton and Charlotte Engisch and Junior Girl Scout from Troop 65075 Evey Burson serve as color guards.
Though rain threatened most of the morning, parade goers Cici Bertolami and Savannah Cronin are prepared for the worst while the worst held off.
Boy Scouts Fiske Fehlberg and Max Weiss take turns reading the names of Harvard veterans who have died in the past year.
Firefighter Andrew Miller holds his nephew Brooks Nisbet after the ceremony in Bellevue Cemetery.
Abby Bertolami places a geranium plant on a veteran’s grave.
From left, Engine 1 Engineer/EMT Wally Shaw, Deputy Chief Chuck Nigzus, and firefighter Dave Hazel share a laugh after telling Lieutenant Bill Barton to “moderate the hell out of it” after he tried to untangle a flag before the firefighters got into line. Barton is also Harvard’s town moderator.
Former Army Maj. Nancy Cronin walks toward the Cpl. Roger Skillings monument in Still River to place a wreath.
