Upper Valley Memorial Day ceremonies 2025

From left, Town Administrator Steve Halleran, Selectboard Member Ron Eberhardt and Selectboard Member Eric Brann gather to lay a wreath at the Service Memorial at Plainfield Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day in Plainfield, N.H., on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The gathering typically coincides with a community luncheon, which boosts attendance, but this year’s service fell on a different date and was commemorated with only the three town officials present. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

From left, Town Administrator Steve Halleran, Selectboard Member Ron Eberhardt and Selectboard Member Eric Brann gather to lay a wreath at the Service Memorial at Plainfield Cemetery ahead of Memorial Day in Plainfield, N.H., on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The gathering typically coincides with a community luncheon, which boosts attendance, but this year’s service fell on a different date and was commemorated with only the three town officials present. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Alex Driehaus

Published: 05-23-2025 4:01 PM

Modified: 05-24-2025 12:06 PM


Sunday (May 25)

Springfield NH Memorial Day Remembrance: 10 a.m., Pleasant View Cemetery, 157 Cemetery Road. Includes remembrance service, color guard and music from the Kearsarge Regional Middle School Band. Refreshments follow at Springfield Meeting House. facebook.com/SpringfieldNhRecCommittee.

Norwich Memorial Day Parade: Noon. Parade route will start at American Legion Post 8, 228 Beaver Meadow Road. The group will stop at the bridge and Fairview Cemetery on Beaver Meadow Road for honors and a gun salute. The parade ends at the Veterans Memorials at Tracy Hall, where Memorial Day remembrance remarks will take place. 802-649-1419, ext. 5.

Monday (May 26)

Canaan:9 a.m., Town Common, junction of routes 4 and 118. Hosted by Canaan American Legion Post 55. 603-523-4501.

Claremont: Memorial Day parade begins at 10 a.m. at Claremont Middle School and ends at Broad Street Park, where a ceremony will take place. Hosted by American Legion Post 29. 603-542-9222.

Thetford: 10 a.m., Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, 5245 Route 5. Ceremony hosted by American Legion Thetford Post 79. n.pero@aol.com.

Hartford: Ceremony starts at Vermont Superior Court, 82 Railroad Row, at 10:30 a.m., then proceeds to Veteran’s Memorial Park (12 Railroad Row), the Ralph Lehman Bridge (Bridge Street), Hartford Town Hall front lawn (171 Bridge St.) and ends at Hartford Point Cemetery, (804 Maple St./Route 14). At each stop, members of Hartford’s veterans organizations will place a wreath, play Taps and share words and prayers. 603-369-0329.

Tunbridge: The day begins at 10:30 a.m. at Town Hall (271 Route 110) with a program celebrating World War II veterans veterans from Tunbridge. Parade starts at 11 a.m., and will be followed by a ceremony at Hoyt Memorial Park at the Village Cemetery. A chicken barbecue to benefit the Tunbridge Volunteer Fire Department, ice cream and activities follow at the fairgrounds. The Library Friends’ book and bake sales will take place from 9 a.m. to noon. 802-889-5521.

Enfield: Parade begins at 11 a.m. on Main Street near the police station (19 Main St.), then goes up Route 4 and stops at the Veterans’ Memorial Park. It will then travel to Oak Grove Cemetery, go back onto Main Street to the bridge by Copeland Block and end back at Whitney Hall. A brief ceremony will be held at each location. Park at Huse Park. psac@enfield.nh.us or 603-632-7501.

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Lebanon: Parade begins at 11 a.m. on Hanover Street near Route 120 and Eldridge Street, pauses briefly at the Hanover Street bridge for a service, then continues around Colburn Park before entering the park through the gate near the post office for a ceremony. Hosted by American Legion Post 22 in Lebanon. 603-448-3429.

Windsor: 11 a.m., Veterans Park, corner of Depot and Main streets. Hosted by Windsor’s American Legion Post. 802-674-9967.

Perkinsville: Noon, Veterans Memorial Park, Weathersfield Veterans Memorial, Perkinsville Green, 35 Church St. Hosted by the Weathersfield Veterans Memorial Committee. facebook.com/WeathersfieldVMC.

Fairlee: Noon, Town Common, 75 Town Common Road. Ceremony hosted by American Legion Thetford Post 79. n.pero@aol.com.

64th Annual Memorial Muster Day in Etna: 3 to 5 p.m., Hanover Center Parade Ground and Cemetery, 6 Parade Ground Road. The Memorial Muster Day Ceremony features patriotic music provided by the Lyme Town Band, a talk and color guard by Troop 45. hanovernh.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=2267.

Memorial Day Service at Orford Congregational Church: 5 to 6 p.m., Orford Congregational Church, 617 Route 10 (Main Street). All welcome to attend the service of grief and gratitude in remembrance of the community’s sacred dead, including fallen soldiers, and all others whom have died. 603-353-4364.

Friday (May 30)

Cornish Town Memorial Day Service: 10 a.m. Meetinghouse Green, Cornish Stage Road and Route 120, Cornish Flat. 603-675-5611.

Randolph Center: 3 p.m., Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 487 Furnace Road. A short ceremony will take place. 802-828-3379.

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