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Dover
Woodman Museum annual Memorial Day Tribute, Monday, May 31, 11 a.m. at Pine Hill Cemetery at the GAR Monument, 137 Central Ave., Dover. (Enter at the Central Avenue entrance to proceed to the top of the hill). Ceremony will include brief remarks, a wreath laying, a Taps performance by the N.H. National Guard and a Civil War cannon salute. Following the ceremony, packets will be available detailing six of the city s many Civil War soldiers who were killed in action and buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery. Visitors are encouraged to visit their graves and pay their respects. At noon, trained artillery experts will conduct a Civil War cannon firing demonstration at the lower Pine Hill Cemetery fields (south of South Watson Road).
By Camille Fine & Dan Bancroft
The York Weekly
YORK VILLAGE, Maine In preparation for Memorial Day, the Committee for Veterans Affairs, local veterans organizations and community members assembled Friday afternoon to place nearly 1,100 flags alongside veterans graves throughout First Parish Cemetery.
This year, for the first time in recent memory, Gold Star mothers had flags placed on their graves too, according to cemetery superintendent Todd Frederick, who is also a member of the Board of Selectmen.
“We’re really excited to honor the mothers of Gold star recipients, Frederick said. They deserve to be recognized.”
Police Chief Charles Szeniawski was among those to participate.