Seekonk Memorial Day Parade to Feature Some New Faces this Year

Former Seekonk Selectman and Fire Chief David Viera, who has been chair of the Seekonk Memorial Day Parade Committee for 27 of the last 30 years, said the event's 2013 edition will include new features. Among them is a "bicycle brigade" of second-, third- and fourth-graders from Martin and Aitken elementary schools. They will decorate their bicycles for the parade.

"The Kiwanis Club will be judging the bikes at the high school at 9:30 a.m. and there will be trophies given to the first-, second- and third-place winners in each of those grades," he said.

This year, Viera said there will be large number of new bands for the parade, including a bagpipe band, a Dixieland band and a pipe organ.

The May 25 parade will begin at 10 a.m., with organization of the participants starting at the high school at 9 a.m.

Also expected to participate in the parade are the Seekonk High School Band, the Kevin Hurley Middle School Band, Worcester Sounds and Lights, Worcester Fire Brigade, Seekonk Ball teams, Boy and Girl Scouts, Police Dept., Fire Dept., Antique Fire Apparatus, the Seekonk Lyons, the Knights of Columbus and Colors for a Cause.