The parade will start at 10 a.m. from at the Indian Head School. Marchers should muster at the parking lot by 9:30 a.m. From Indian Head, the parade will head to Town Hall to post a wreath by the Civil War monument with a gun salute, then off to a concluding ceremony at Fern Hill Cemetery.

Whitman’s Memorial Day Observance makes many stops as shown above and detailed below (with links to Google Maps).  Here is the original 2023 flyer for reference.

• 7:00am at High Street Cemetery
  • Prayer Bill “Doc” Sheehan AL
  • Decorating Service VFW – AL – DAV
  • Firing Squad – Three Volleys VFW – AL
  • Bugle Call – Taps – Recall

• 7:15am at Knights of Columbus 

• • Prayer Deacon James Mclaughlin
  • Decorating Service VFW – AL – DAV

• 7:30am at World War I Memorial Arch 
  • Prayer Bill “Doc” Sheehan AL
  • Decorating Service VFW – AL – DAV
  • Firing Squad – Three Volleys

• 7:45am at Saint James Cemetery 
  • Prayer Deacon James Mclaughlin
  • Decorating Service VFW – AL – DAV

• 8:00am at Mt. Zion Cemetery 
  • Prayer Bill “Doc” Sheehan AL
  • Decorating Service VFW – AL – DAV

• 8:15am at VFW Traffic Circle 

• • Prayer Bill “Doc” Sheehan AL
  • Decorating Service VFW – AL – DAV

• 8:30am at Colebrook Cemetery Veterans Lot
  • Prayer Bill “Doc” Sheehan AL
  • Decorating Service VFW – AL – DAV
  • Medal of Honor Recipient Lt. John R. Fox 
  • Decorating Service VFW – AL – DAV
  • Firing Squad Three Volleys VFW – AL

• 8:45am  Parade forms on Court Street
  9:30am  Parade starts via
  

• • via South Ave, 
  • to Town Hall – for “Honor Roll”

• 9:40am  Parade pauses at Honor Roll at Whitman Town Hall 
  • Remarks
  • Prayer
  • Decorating Services VFW – AL – DAV
  • Firing Squad – Thee Volleys VFW – AL
  • Bugle Call – Taps – Recall Anne Tilley & Jax loose

• Parade continues onto Washington St. then Park Ave to Whitman Town Park
  • 10:30am at Civil War Soldiers Monument, 
    • Star Spangled Banner Whitman-Hanson HS Band
    • Pledge of Allegiance Tom McCarthy, Grand Marshall
    • Gettysburg Address Bella Perry WHRHS
    • Gen. Logan’s Gen. Order Riley Nessralla \WHRHS
    • Prayer Bill “Doc” Sheehan AL
    • Firing Squad Three Volleys VFW – AL
    • Bugle Call – Taps – Recall Anne Tilley & Jax Loose
  • 11:25am at the Veterans Monument for All Wars

• • • Prayer Bill “Doc” Sheehan AL
    • Decorating Services V FW – AL- DAV

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