Monday, May 31, 2021 7:03 am
Area Memorial Day Events
The Journal Gazette
Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony – 11 a.m.; parade route begins at corner of Bob Arnold Drive and Parnell Avenue and goes to Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave.; ceremony follows at Coliseum Veterans Plaza.
Memorial Day ceremonies – 9 a.m.; Schnelker Park, New Haven; American Legion Band will play patriotic music at 9:15 a.m. with ceremony at 10 a.m.
Veterans and Memorial Day Remembrance – 10 a.m. ceremony to honor fallen veterans at the Riverside Cemetery in Rockford, Ohio; Memorial Day parade at 11 a.m. beginning at fire station and travels along Main Street, followed by Veterans Memorial dedication at Hedges Park beside Rockford American Legion.
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Burchfield Homestead Society member and carpenter Ron Roberts, left, and award-winning artist Grant Menough stand near the new Little Free Library across the street from the Burchfield Homestead on East Fourth Street in Salem. Roberts built the structure and Menough recreated scenes from Charles Burchfieldâs artwork on all sides of the Little Free Library. Salem Girl Scouts Troop 80774 thought up the Little Free Library project, which will be dedicated at noon Saturday as part of the museumâs Motherâs Day Open House from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., honoring Burchfieldâs mother Alice and mothers everywhere. (Submitted photo)