Plans for the Parade and Other Memorial Tributes
By Nancy Peckenham
Forty-five organizations have signed up to be part of the restored Memorial Day Parade that is scheduled to kick off at 10 am next Monday.
The city of Newburgh police will lead the marchers, followed the Musicians Parade Band and the Grand Marshall, local philanthropist William Kaplan. The honorary Grand Marshall will be Warren Boyd.
While there will be several bands, including Newburgh’s own Dynamic Approach Marching Band, parade organizers, led by city councilwoman Regina Angelo, remind participants that the day is designed “to pay respect to those brave men and women that have served and died so each of us can enjoy our freedom.” From the police and fire, to the American Legion and Purple Heart recipients, men and women in uniform will be represented, along with churches, sports teams, students and scouts.
The revived Memorial Day parade will be followed by a ceremony at Washington Headquarters Historic Site at 11:45 am.
Here’s a list of Memorial Day activities that the public is invited to be part of:
Saturday, May 28
Distributing staff flags in front of the City of Newburgh Activity Center, 401 Washington Street, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for decorating the graves of veterans only.
Sunday, May 29
Join the Memorial Day Parade Committee in honoring our deceased veterans by visiting 17 area cemeteries and monuments for wreath laying and services with a Color Guard. The motorcade will depart from 62 Grand Street at 8:30 a.m. and visit all area cemeteries to place wreaths and flags. Call Eugene Watkins at (845) 401_ 8209 for more information.
Memorial Day, Monday, May 30
The Memorial Day Parade steps off from its formation on West and Third Street promptly at 10 a.m. The parade proceeds down Broadway, then turns onto Liberty
Street and continues into Washington’s Headquarters. ·
Memorial Day Services will begin at Washington’s Headquarters at approximately 11:45 a.m. Parade participants and the public are encouraged to attend
Memorial Day observances in the City of Newburgh will conclude with the reading of the names of all deceased veterans since World War I at the Orange County Veterans Memorial, at the intersection of Liberty Street and Leroy Place, at 3 p.m. Monday. If any family member would like to read the names of their deceased veteran, they are most welcome to do so.
For more information, please call Regina Angelo at 565-5429 or Ann Kuzmik at 569-7354.
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