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The Cambridge Veterans' Organization (CVO) and Cambridge Veterans' Services will hold their annual Memorial Day Parade and Observance on Monday, May 27.
The Parade will begin with a cannon salute at 9:30 a.m., by the MA Bicentennial Battery on Cambridge Common and proceed through Harvard Square, up Mount Auburn Street to Coolidge Avenue, and conclude at the Cambridge Cemetery, 76 Coolidge Avenue. Cambridge Mayor Marc C. McGovern and CVO President Philip Anderson will serve as parade commentators. Parade participants will include veterans’ groups, elected officials, police and fire personnel, color guards, bands, drill teams and youth organizations.
The Memorial Day Observance will begin at approximately 11 a.m., at Cambridge Cemetery. CVO President Philip Anderson will serve as Master of Ceremonies and CVO Chaplain Ronald Dailey will give the Invocation and Benediction. Mayor McGovern will give the greetings of the city. Amigos School 4th graders will lead the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance and a CRLS (Cambridge Rindge & Latin School) Drama student will read the Governor's Memorial Day Proclamation.
In addition, a CRLS student vocalist will sing the National Anthem, America the Beautiful, and God Bless America. Bagpiper, Edward O’Callaghan will play Amazing Grace. The CVO Rifle team along with the Massachusetts Bicentennial Battery will render a rifle salute, and Bugler, Robinson Pyle will blow “TAPS.”
Following the Memorial Day Observance, the Women's Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, accompanied by local elected officials, will hold a brief memorial ceremony at the Weeks Bridge in honor of the Cambridge servicemen and women who were lost at sea.
Immediately following the day’s events, a collation, hosted by the Cambridge Veterans' Organization will be held at the VFW Mt. Auburn Post, #8818, located at 688 Huron Avenue. The public is cordially invited to attend all Memorial Day events and activities.