Memorial Day event in the Mahoning Valley
An assortment of Memorial Day events are scheduled throughout the Valley this weekend and Monday. They include:
SUNDAY
• CORTLAND — The Cortland Veterans Memorial Committee program will be at 2 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial in Point Park. In line with the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States, the Cortland Community Band will perform at 1:30 p.m. The featured speaker will be Lt. Col. James Johnson (U.S. Army, retired). In case of rain, the program will be moved to Cortland Christian Church, 153 Grove Drive.
MONDAY
• BEAVER TOWNSHIP — There will be a 11 a.m. ceremony at the veterans memorial, corner of Routes 164 and 165.
• BOARDMAN — Groups participating in the parade will assemble at Boardman Center Intermediate School, 7410 Market St. at 9 a.m., and the parade begins at 10 a.m. The parade proceeds north on Market Street to the U.S. Route 224 intersection, then proceeds east on Route 224 to Boardman Township Park, where an 11 a.m. service will be conducted at the Maag Outdoor Amphitheater. The keynote speaker is Jerre Patterson, a Boardman native and Marine Corps and Vietnam War veteran. In the event of inclement weather, the service will be at 11 a.m. in the Boardman Park Community Center. Prior to the parade will be a memorial mile race which will follow the same route as the parade.
• BRACEVILLE — There will be an 11 a.m. parade starting at the center by the township hall on Braceville Robinson Road to the township cemetery for a service at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch at noon at the township road, fire and police department buildings.
• BRISTOL — There will be a 9:15 a.m. service at Sager Cemetery and a 10:30 a.m. service at Evergreen Cemetery followed by a service at the war memorial in the park at township center.
• CHAMPION — The parade starts at 9 a.m. at the high school and marches along Mahoning Avenue to the township cemetery for a tribute to veterans. The event is hosted by Champion Rotary Club.
• GIRARD — There will be an 11 a.m. ceremony at the Girard City Cemetery with Girard High School students reading the Gettysburg Address and the names of Girard veterans. The Civil Air Patrol cadets will raise the flag and the national anthem will be played by the Girard High School Band, which also will play the Armed Forces Medley. There also will be a placing of the wreath.
• HOWLAND — Howland American Legion Post 700 will host a service at 10 a.m. at the Howland Township Cemetery.
• JOHNSTON — There will be a 10 a.m. ceremony at Johnston Cemetery, 4424 Greenville Road NE, hosted by Johnston VFW Post 7614. A brunch will follow at the fire department.
• LEAVITTSBURG — 10 a.m. parade in downtown Leavittsburg with a service following at memorial in former LaBrae High School parking lot off West Market Street hosted by American Legion Post 699.
• LORDSTOWN — There will be a service at 10 a.m. at the cemetery off Salt Springs Road.
• McDONALD — A service will take place at 1 p.m. at the War Memorial marker at Woodland Park.
• NILES — There will be an 11 a.m. service at Niles City Cemetery conducted by the American Legion William McKinley Post 106 and the VFW Post 2074 Joint Honor Guard.
• NORTH JACKSON — A ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial in North Jackson Cemetery. Keynote speaker is Army Sgt. and Jackson-Milton graduate Ryan Seka. For more information, email Jack Acri ar pastor@firstfederatedchurch.net.
• SOUTHINGTON — There will be an 11 a.m. service at the township center, with the guest speaker being Andy Weaver, a 90-year-old Korean War veteran from West Farmington, who is the last survivor among five brothers who served in Korea.
• STRUTHERS — A ceremony will take place at 8 a.m. at the Beirut Memorial, followed at 9 a.m. at the community kayak launch for those lost at sea, 10 a.m. program at the high school and 11 a.m. at Lake Park Cemetery.
• VERNON — 10 a.m.service at township hall conducted by the Kinsman American Legion, followed by a gathering at Westview Cemetery.
• VIENNA — There will be a 12:30 p.m. service at the Vienna Sailors and Soldiers Memorial at the township center.
• WARREN — 11 a.m. program at the Warren Community Amphitheatre, where veterans will be honored, including two local Navy veterans — Mike Salcone, 102, and Jeffrey Littell, 104, who both served in the 1940s. The parade after the service will start on Mahoning Avenue at Perkins Park and travel around Courthouse Square. There will be a service after the parade at Oakwood Cemetery.
• WEATHERSFIELD — There will be a 9 a.m. service at the community park on state Route 46.
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