The 2019 Memorial Day Remembrances and Procession will take place on Monday, May 27starting at 9:00 am in front of the Music Hall at 164 Front Street. In the event of rain, the event will be relocated to the Multipurpose Room of Sippican Elementary School.
The 2019 procession and remembrances will follow same route as last year, stepping off from the Music Hall northbound on Front Street, marching 0.6 miles up Front Street to the Veterans’ Memorial at Old Landing. Upon arrival at the Veterans’ Memorial the town will pay tribute to our military’s “honored dead” who “gave the last full measure of devotion”.
The procession and remembrances will feature the Sippican School Marching Band led by director Hannah Moore, The Portuguese American Band and a military veterans’ color guard. Our Guest Speaker is Professor James R. Holmes, Ph.D. of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. The master of ceremonies for the event will be Captain Andrew Bonney of the Massachusetts Air National Guard. We encourage residents to join us for the remembrances as well along the procession route on Front Street between Cottage Street and Ryder Lane.