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).

7:00am – Community Site Visits

1. High Street Cemetery at 7am
   • Prayer, Wreath Laying, Gun Salute, Taps
2. Next stop Knights of Columbus
   • Prayer, Wreath Laying
3. Then off to The World War I Memorial Arch
   •  Prayer, Wreath Laying, Gun Salute, Taps
4. Then off to Saint James Cemetery 
   •  Prayer, Wreath Laying, Gun Salute, Taps
5. Then off to Mt. Zion Cemetery
   •  Prayer, Wreath Laying
6. Then off to VFW Traffic Circle (Rt 58)
   • Prayer, Wreath Laying
7. Then off to Colebrook Cemetery Veterans Lot
   •  Prayer, Wreath Laying
8. Then off to Gravesite of Lt. John R. Fox (Medal of Honor Recipient)
   •  Prayer, Wreath Laying, Gun Salute, Taps

• The Parade begins forming on Court Street (~8:45am)

9:30am – Parade starts

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

• ~9:40am  Parade pauses at Honor Roll at Whitman Town Hall 
  • Remarks
  • Prayer
  • Wreath Laying
  • Gun Salute
  • Taps

• Parade continues onto Washington St. then Park Ave to Whitman Town Park
  • ~10:30am at Civil War Soldiers Monument,
    • Star Spangled Banner
    • Pledge of Allegiance
    • Gettysburg Address
    • Prayer
    • Gun Salute
    • Bugle Call – Taps
  • ~11:25am at the Veterans Monument for All Wars
    • Prayer
    • Wreath Laying

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