Mansfield Announces Memorial Day Parade Plans

Mansfield will observe Memorial Day on Monday, May 25 with a parade in the town center.

It will begin at 9 a.m. from the intersection of Route 195 and Bassetts Bridge Road in Mansfield Center, and will travel north on Route 195, down Cemetery Road to the new Mansfield Center Cemetery.

A short ceremony will be held at the cemetery. Music will be provided by the Mansfield Middle School Band and the E.O. Smith Regional High School Band. Three gun volleys will be fired and taps sounded in honor of fallen military. The units will then return to Bassetts Bridge Road.

All veterans and active duty personnel are invited to march at the head of the parade. Veterans and service personnel should gather on Bassetts Bridge Road at 8:30 a.m. on Memorial Day.

In the event of inclement weather, an abbreviated ceremony will be held in the Mansfield Middle School Gymnasium at 9 a.m.

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