PLYMOUTH – Memorial Day will be a subdued day of remembrance in Plymouth this year.
With little warning that the state would lift COVID-19 restrictions, local veterans opted to remember its war dead in solemn, but dignified fashion on Monday, May 31.
Rather than the usual parade through downtown to war memorials, a small contingent from VFW Post 1822 and American Legion Post 40 will make the rounds in an refurbished Army jeep, laying wreaths and offering prayers and thanks for those who made the ultimately sacrifice.
The group will lay wreaths, play taps and say a prayer at the Vietnam and Korean War Memorial in front of Town Hall, the World War I Bridge over Town Brook, the Civil War Memorial on the Training Green and the Navy memorial at State Pier on Water Street.
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On a warm day in the spring of 1621, English settlers at the new Plymouth Colony were scurrying about their village – such as it was, given that they only a few houses had been built – simply trying to survive.
The winter had not been kind to the Saints, as they called themselves (the term Pilgrims would not be associated with the Plymouth settlers for another two centuries). Half of the original 102 immigrants died from illness and exposure during that bitterly cold, snow-driven season. Now, with the weather warming, the survivors were faced with the difficult task of living despite dwindling supplies, being cut off from their homeland and an uncertain future with local tribes.