Memorial Day
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Vermont honors its veterans at memorial cemetery
The Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery (VVMC) in Randolph Center performs more burials a year than any other cemetery in the state.
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Letter to the editor: On Memorial Day, let’s not forget what they did for us
As Memorial Day approaches it is a time to reflect upon what we are called to remember.
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Memorial Day observance at Middlebury Legion this Monday
There is no parade in Middlebury this Memorial Day, but Middlebury American Legion Post 27 will conduct a short Memorial Day Ceremony at their post home at 1…
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Local Legions emerge from pandemic, slowly open up
ADDISON COUNTY — While Memorial Day parades are being cancelled out of an abundance of precaution, the county’s three American Legion posts are steadily regrouping and reopening as…
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Remember the bravery and sacrifice of our defenders
Unlike in the years before 2020, Bristol American Legion Post 19 will not stage a parade this Memorial Day.Post 19 will host a Memorial Day Ceremony at the…
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Some military funeral honors delayed by COVID
VERMONT — When the pandemic struck in early 2020, military cemeteries and funeral honor guards had to limit or suspend their services, just the same as in the…
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Memorial Day parades cancelled again
ADDISON COUNTY — Memorial Day Weekend is considered by many Americans as the unofficial kickoff to summer; and summer for many begins with a loud and colorful parade.…
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VA wreath ceremony in Vt. to be online
VERMONT — All those Vermonters who are missing the community feel of a socially distanced Memorial Day observance in the coming weekend are invited to the White River…
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Fort Ticonderoga to hold special Memorial Day events
TICONDEROGA, N.Y. — Fort Ticonderoga will pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives in service to their country during the American Revolution. Discover the…
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A different kind of Memorial Day
We have a long tradition of remembering our war dead on Memorial Day and celebrating all of those people who have risked life and limb to protect the…
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Memorial Day: Store clerks join long list of heroes
MIDDLEBURY — Two months ago, supermarket clerks, truckers, housekeepers and other blue-collar workers joined the nation’s growing ranks of “unsung heroes.” Their contributions — keeping grocery shelves stocked,…
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Memorial Day flags more meaningful this year
ADDISON COUNTY — Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteer organizations in Addison County are making sure that veterans will be remembered with honor and dignity for Memorial Day. Vergennes…
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Band leader O’Daniel misses her final parade
VERGENNES — Had it not been canceled because of COVID-19, this year’s Vergennes Memorial Day Parade would have been Susan O’Daniel’s 41st — and because the Vergennes Union…
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Volunteer lifeline
Katie Bauer, who wanted to help in the current public health crisis, drops off groceries for two Bristol residents who are at high risk of contracting COVID-19. The…
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Opinion: What Memorial Day means to you and me
What does Memorial Day mean to you? Most of you probably know you will have a three-day weekend — no school or work on Monday. Some of you…
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Chief Hanley informs and entertains with his COVID-19 bulletins
If you’re on the town of Middlebury mailing list, you probably feel like you’ve gotten to know Emergency Management Director Tom Hanley pretty well over the last couple…