Contributed by Pittsfield Historical Society
Description
Pittsfield's Memorial Day Parade route ends at the Village Cemetery, where members of the Warsaw Middle School Band play music, concluding with "Taps", near the flag pole at the mausoleum.
The nearly mile-long route begins at the North Main Street bridge where a wreath is thrown into the Sebasticook River in honor of lost seaman. The parade continues along Main Street, where it stops both at the Veterans Park Monument and the Soldiers' Monument on the library grounds to place wreaths in their honor, before proceeding to the cemetery.
Generations of children and veterans have participated in his time honored parade that has followed this same route decade after decade.
About This Item
- Title: Memorial Day Parade, Pittsfield, 2012
- Creator: Lori Wyman Glidden
- Creation Date: 2012-05-27
- Subject Date: 2012-05-27
- Location: Pittsfield, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments--Maine--Pittsfield
- War memorials--Maine--Pittsfield
- Memorial Day.
- Soldiers--Maine--Pittsfield
- Parades & processions--Maine--Pittsfield
- Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Cemeteries--Maine--Pittsfield
- United States. Army.
- Veterans--Maine
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Other Keywords
- Graveyards
- Memorial Day Parade
- Pittsfield
- Sebasticook River
- Soldiers' Monument
- Veterans Park
- Village Cemetery
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