People bow their heads for the opening prayer during the American Legion Post 46 Memorial Day ceremony at the Conway Village Cemetery on Monday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Post 46 Commander Dan MacLeod (center) gives the welcome, with Auxiliary President Kerri Grout and Chaplin Joh Kiesman on the right, during the American Legion Post 46 Memorial Day ceremony at the Conway Village Cemetery on Monday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Madison's Memorial Day Parade led by Gordon Cormack and David Jones marches out of Gilman Cemetery and heads to the Veterans Memorial near town hall. In the second row is Ned Rogerson and Clare Wales, third row from left to right is Jim Smith Ron Force and parade event, Mike Brooks. Following are Troop 151 of Tamworth and the Kennett High Marching Band. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)
Iraq War veteran Stevi Gelinas speaks to the gathered crowd, with the Fryeburg-Lovell Memorial VFW Post 6783 Color Guard at attention on the left, during the Memorial Day ceremony in Bradley Park following the parade in Fryeburg on Monday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Fryeburg-Lovell Memorial VFW Post 6783 Color Guard (from left Gene Ward, Doug Hamilton, Jeff Blake and Brandon McCarthy) walk in the Memorial Day parade down Main Street in Fryeburg, Maine. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Army paratrooper veteran Bob Currier of Post 46 addresses the crowd, with the Post 46 Honor Guard seen in the background, during the American Legion Post 46 Memorial Day ceremony at the Conway Village Cemetery on Monday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Les Parker was presented an award in Bartlett Village for 50 continuous years as a member of the American Legion. From left: Pastor John Heropoulos, David Haskell, Parker, Karen Umberger, John Pandora, Lloyd Chandler. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
People bow their heads for the opening prayer during the American Legion Post 46 Memorial Day ceremony at the Conway Village Cemetery on Monday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Post 46 Commander Dan MacLeod (center) gives the welcome, with Auxiliary President Kerri Grout and Chaplin Joh Kiesman on the right, during the American Legion Post 46 Memorial Day ceremony at the Conway Village Cemetery on Monday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Madison's Memorial Day Parade led by Gordon Cormack and David Jones marches out of Gilman Cemetery and heads to the Veterans Memorial near town hall. In the second row is Ned Rogerson and Clare Wales, third row from left to right is Jim Smith Ron Force and parade event, Mike Brooks. Following are Troop 151 of Tamworth and the Kennett High Marching Band. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)
Iraq War veteran Stevi Gelinas speaks to the gathered crowd, with the Fryeburg-Lovell Memorial VFW Post 6783 Color Guard at attention on the left, during the Memorial Day ceremony in Bradley Park following the parade in Fryeburg on Monday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Fryeburg-Lovell Memorial VFW Post 6783 Color Guard (from left Gene Ward, Doug Hamilton, Jeff Blake and Brandon McCarthy) walk in the Memorial Day parade down Main Street in Fryeburg, Maine. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Army paratrooper veteran Bob Currier of Post 46 addresses the crowd, with the Post 46 Honor Guard seen in the background, during the American Legion Post 46 Memorial Day ceremony at the Conway Village Cemetery on Monday. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Les Parker was presented an award in Bartlett Village for 50 continuous years as a member of the American Legion. From left: Pastor John Heropoulos, David Haskell, Parker, Karen Umberger, John Pandora, Lloyd Chandler. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
Abby Lyman plays taps at the Bartlett Memorial Day obervance. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
CONWAY — Intermittent showers served as a wet and somber backdrop to Memorial Day observances held across the valley Monday to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom and their nation.
Bartlett’s Francis P. Murphy VFW Post 5386 held a rifle ceremony at Jackson Cemetery at 9 a.m., followed by visits to the cemeteries in Intervale and Glen, and ending in Bartlett with a gathering at Fred Hodgkins Memorial Veterans Park and lunch at the Francis P. Murphy VFW Post 5386 at noon.
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