Politics & Government
Town of Medfield Memorial Day Parade
The Medfield Memorial Day Parade starts on Janes Avenue at 9:45 a.m and will proceed down Route 109 to Baxter Park to arrive at 10 a.m.
At Baxter Park - Former Medfield Police Chief, William Mann, will lead a brief ceremony and Town Historian Richard DeSorgher will give the Memorial Day Address that will highlight Medfield’s participation and sacrifice during the Civil War.
After the ceremony, the parade will reassemble and march down Main Street to Vine Lake Cemetery where it will make brief stops to honor those who died at sea and then at the Veterans Grave lot.
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The parade will continue out of Vine Lake Cemetery, down route 109 to West Street, and into the American Legion Post where “one last tribute is made for those who so gave their life for our country at the flagpole in front of the American Legion Post,” said Griffin.
Refreshments (prepared by the Son’s of the American Legion) will be served to all parade participants inside the American Legion Post on Peter Kristof Way.