Memorial Day
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Memorial Day ceremony planned for Bristol
Bristol’s American Legion Post 19 will host the 2023 Memorial Day Ceremony on the Village Green at 1 p.m. on May 29.
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Goshen Historical Society remembers WWII veterans
The newly active Goshen Historical Society is extremely proud of the town’s past. Earlier this month, it remembered the experiences of the town’s inhabitants during World War II…
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Orwell has a Memorial Day parade, too
Memorial Day parades in Addison County get started a day early, as usual, when the annual parade steps off in Orwell 1:30 p.m. this Sunday, May 28.
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Parade tradition continues in Vergennes
When the Memorial Parade in Vergennes steps off at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 29, the parade route will once again be filled with thousands of people coming…
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Middlebury takes to the street for Memorial Day
Middlebury American Legion Post 27 in conjunction with the town of Middlebury will also hold its annual Memorial Day parade on Monday, May 29.
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Brandon holds Memorial Day event
The parade will be followed by the town’s historical flower girl ceremony, a recitation of The Gettysburg Address, and a 21-gun salute.
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Fort Ticonderoga offers lessons in history
Fort Ticonderoga this weekend will pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives in service to their country during the American Revolution.
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Memorial Day plans on tap for the county
It may be difficult to fathom during this early spring weather, but towns in Addison County are already making plans for their annual Memorial Day observances.
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Letter to the editor: Middlebury Legion thanks Memorial Day observers
The Middlebury American Legion Post 27 family and the Town of Middlebury would like to thank all who participated in our Middlebury Memorial Day Parade. After a two-year…
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Public-service-minded vet to lead city parade
“At first I said no, I’m not a public figure,” Bub Crosby told the Independent. “I’ve always been kind of under the wire; I don’t like the publicity,…
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Local Memorial Day events back after two years
After two years without public Memorial Day festivities one might think that organizers of such events would be a little rusty. But that doesn’t seem to be the…
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Memorial Day: Flags on graves is one way to show respect
It’s a bittersweet sight this time of year: Somber, silent cemeteries swathed in a radiant blanket of red, white and blue, denoting those who served — and in…
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Memorial Day: Bunker Hill veteran gets new resting place
Josiah Clark was only 18 years old when he fought at a pivotal battle outside Boston in the early years of the American Revolutionary War. His headstone proudly…
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Honoring those local soldiers who fell in Vietnam
Featured on the Wall of Faces are six members of the U.S. armed forces who hailed from Addison County, Vt., and who died in service to their country.
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We’ve always had to fight for Memorial Day
When Memorial Day rolls around it’s easy to talk about why we honor those who have sacrificed their lives for their country. What’s less easy to talk about…
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Revolutionary War dead remembered at Fort Ti
Fort Ticonderoga will pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives in service to their country during the American Revolution.